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The disturbing subtext seems to be that Facebook should be regulated more heavily if right-wing content is popular on it.

• manwe150 5y ago
  Or that right wing is bad, or that bad content is right wing
• BBC-vs-neolibs 5y ago
  One could argue in could faith, that it's not so disturbing. If FB encouraged a fringe community beacause they profited, they can't then entirely wash their hands when the fringe grows problems. It would look bad on their part and it's logical to hide stats.
• gvb 5y ago
  I don't see that. The article doesn't mention regulation at all. The conclusion of the article (literally as well as figuratively) is that Facebook needs to provide "...independent access for researchers to check the math..." (last paragraph in the article). This is buttressed by the quotes from Frances Haugen in the article: These findings chime with recent revelations from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who has repeatedly said the company has a tendency to cherry-pick statistics to release to the press and the public. “They are very good at dancing with data,” Haugen told British lawmakers during a European tour.
• goalieca 5y ago
  Who cares if content is right/left wing. Who cares? A liberal democracy is all about having the freedom to discuss things in then open.
• asgadfgheyhe 5y ago
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