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Conspiracy theories, in just two days, facebook was recommending she join pages she didn t follow the recommended qanon groups but whatever algorithm they were using pushed ahead just the same. within one week, smith s feed was full of groups and pages that had violated facebook s own rules including those against hate speech and disinformation. that s all really bad, but it gets worse because she isn t real. her account was created by a researcher employed by facebook who was specifically studying how facebook misinforms its users. the company knew what it was doing. they knew they were driving people to those extreme viewpoints and they knew it years ago. the reporter who brought the story to our attention. ....
We begin this hour with the disinformation spreading on social media and how it threatens our democracy. let s start with carol who joined facebook in 2019. she listed a few of her interests, her christian faith, and motherhood. she followed fox news and donald trump. nbc then reports, quote, though smith had never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, in just two days facebook was recommending she join groups dedicated to qanon. smith didn t follow the recommended qanon groups, but whatever algorithm facebook was using to determine how she should engage with the platform pushed ahead just the same. within one week, smith s feed was full of groups and pages that had violated facebook s own rules, including those against hate speech and disinformation. now, carol isn t a real person. in fact, the account was created ....
Let s start with carol who joined facebook in 2019. she listed a few of her interests, her christian faith, and motherhood. she followed fox news and donald trump. nbc then reports, quote, though smith had never expressed interest in conspiracy theories, in just two days facebook was recommending she join groups dedicated to qanon. smith didn t follow the recommended qanon groups, but whatever algorithm facebook was using to determine how she should engage with the platform pushed ahead just the same. within one week, smith s feed was full of groups and pages that had violated facebook s own rules, including those against hate speech and disinformation. now, carol isn t a real person. in fact, the account was created by a facebook researcher studying the platform s role in polarizing its users through disinformation. tonight we re learning just how widespread disinformation travels on facebook. new reporting from the new york times reveals a facebook data ....