Facebook continued recommending political groups despite promise to stop
Facebook promised to stop recommending political groups to users in October 2020, but according to data from The Markup's Citizen Browser project, the platform continued to recommend such groups throughout December 2020 and January 2021. The recommendations disproportionately targeted Trump voters, and some groups contained conspiracy theories and calls to violence. Facebook acknowledged the issue and said it was investigating.
- Date it happened
- 2020-12-01
- Organisation involved
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