TLDR – Facebook tweaked its algorithm to support conservative news sites and suppress “liberal” news sites, at the behest of Republican lobbyists. Arguably the Western world’s most influential media platform was putting its thumb on the scale of what influences you, while simultaneously denying it. Did they do something similar in the UK, where they’ve also seen a situation similar to ours? Other countries? Social media won’t go away, but we should really re-consider how we approach the medium before we let it destroy our country on behalf of profit.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-mark-zuckerberg-learned-politics-11602853200
Facebook Post: 2020-10-22T10:35:57
