Facebook's algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 election – here's how algorithms can manipulate you
- Written by: Filippo Menczer, Luddy Distinguished Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
Facebook has known that its algorithms enable trolls to spread propoganda.STR/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAn internal Facebook report found that the social media platform’s algorithms – the rules its computers follow in deciding the content that you see – enabled disinformation campaigns based in Eastern Europe to reach nearly half...
