Facebook’s denial is particularly unpersuasive. It ignores that there may be unintended consequences of the explicit decisions in their algorithm. The analysis

Facebook’s denial is particularly unpersuasive. It ignores that there may be unintended consequences of the explicit decisions in their algorithm. The analysis in the article somewhat overlooks the that it is quite possible that content showing women with less clothing is more popular. One thing I’ve never seen Facebook seem to have any recognition of is that the basic concept their news feed is a self reinforcement loop. They choose to show a user a particular type of photo, and then the photos that user interacts with are primarily composed of that particular type of photo, which coincidentally is the only thing Facebook displays to them.