Article 5XQHR Oopsies: Facebook Boosted Bad Posts for Six Months Because of a News Feed Bug

Oopsies: Facebook Boosted Bad Posts for Six Months Because of a News Feed Bug

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Blake Montgomery
from Gizmodo on (#5XQHR)
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A massive ranking failure" in the Facebook News Feed promoted content it pegged as bad for the past six months. The flaw in the News Feed's ranking algorithm elevated misinformation, violence, and the Russian state media outlets Facebook pledged to downrank in response to President Vladimir Putin's invasion of...

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