It’s a question that still hangs over the company today, as Congress and regulators investigate Facebook’s part in the Jan. 6 riots.
What Facebook called “Break the Glass” emergency measures put in place on Jan. 6 were essentially a toolkit of options designed to stem the spread of dangerous or violent content that the social network had first used in the run-up to the bitter 2020 election. As many as 22 of those measures were rolled back at some point after the election, according to an internal spreadsheet analyzing the company’s response.
“Similarly , I’ve seen already built & functioning safeguards being rolled back for the same reasons,” wrote the employee, whose name is blacked out. A week later the test subject’s feed featured “a barrage of extreme, conspiratorial and graphic content,” including posts reviving the false Obama birther lie and linking the Clintons to the murder of a former Arkansas state senator. Much of the content was pushed by dubious groups run from abroad or by administrators with a track record for violating Facebook’s rules on bot activity.
Facebook said the study was an one of many examples of its commitment to continually studying and improving its platform.
State actor. Everything is fake.
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Censorship is not the way.
'failed' - read : 'Chose not to'
234 pages containing 500 sworn affidavits alleging 11,000 incidents of various types of voter fraud.
Did they fail to control misinformation or did they succeed in spreading it?
dont care
Lulz, sure, she’s a ’whistleblower’ like I’m the King of England 🤡
It’s amazing how the media can not stop talking about Jan 6th. And now they will tell us that taking our freedoms away is better for us all. Can we talk about what is really hurting us al
CNN, FOX, MSNBC don't have a whistle-blower to provide a rare glimpse into their own misinformation for the past 5 years. We don't need one because we all see it on live TV. Same with AP, WSJ, NYT..etc. Their misinformation is in writing all day.
“whistleblower” “misinformation” Lol
The culture of leadership at facebook adopted an ethic where the power of capital wealth transcended the humanistic principles embodied in democracy.
Now you're reporting that it was Facebook's fault that the jan 6th insuraction happened. Their lack of controls caused that riot. Both the whistleblower believed this. Solution is for Facebook or another app to watch over us with strict controls over our daily communication
Oh new name sure makes this go away… DeleteFacebook
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Shouldn't the word deliberately or intentionally appear before 'failed to control misinformation' for accuracy sake. Just sayin'.
Given the scandal ridden way FB came to be is it any surprise that they would allow this to happen. At the end of the day it's about $$$.
The documents also appear to bolster Haugen’s claim that Facebook put its growth and profits ahead of public safety in the days and weeks leading up to the attempted Jan. 6 coup.
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