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Facebook Feed Algorithms Exposed Low Digitally Skilled Users to More Disturbing Content

Facebook feed algorithms were known by internal research to have harmed people having low digital literacy by exposing them to disturbing content they did not know how to avoid or monitor.

Date it happened
2019-11-15
Organisation involved
Facebook
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