Facebook funnelling readers towards Covid misinformation - study
by Emma Graham-Harrison and Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#572K5)
Research findings undermine firm's claims it is cracking down on inaccurate news
Websites spreading misinformation about health attracted nearly half a billion views on Facebook in April alone, as the coronavirus pandemic escalated worldwide, a report has found.
Facebook had promised to crack down on conspiracy theories and inaccurate news early in the pandemic. But as its executives promised accountability, its algorithm appears to have fuelled traffic to a network of sites sharing dangerous false news, campaign group Avaaz has found.
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