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The figure comes from research conducted by Facebook: > Facebook’s own research revealed that 64 percent of the time a person joins an extremist Facebook Group
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
The figure comes from research conducted by Facebook:
> Facebook’s own research revealed that 64 percent of the time a person joins an extremist Facebook Group, they do so because the platform recommended it.
> Facebook has also acknowledged that pages and groups associated with QAnon extremism had at least 3 million members, meaning Facebook helped radicalize 2 million people.
- true_religion 6y agoI know it’s just a quote but I have to point out that’s not how statistics work. You can’t say 64% of a group were radicalized because 64% of people will join a group suggested by Facebook. In fact all 3 million of those users could have had the group suggested by Facebook.