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Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions

by skrillhouse • 5 years ago

43 6 5 years ago

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ljw1001• 5 years ago

We heard you like misinformation, so we put some misinformation in your misinformation

andyxor• 5 years ago

i'm wondering who defines "false and misleading" these days, is there like an official arbiter of truth

tait• 5 years ago

Wow. Who could have imagined?

xt00• 5 years ago

Is misinformation a verb?

jonesnc• 5 years ago

I think they meant researchers who study misinformation.

nowherebeen• 5 years ago

Mavis Jones, a Facebook spokeswoman, said the issue was caused by a technical error, “which we proactively told impacted partners about and are working swiftly to resolve.”

What a load of horseshit. Blame everything on a technical error. They know what they were doing.

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