Facebook must explain how Feed bug made disinformation more visible

NewsFor six months, a bug in Facebook’s content-ranking algorithm increased the visibility of content previously flagged by fact-checkers as disinformation. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for detailed public explanations from the US social media…

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For six months, a bug in Facebook’s content-ranking algorithm increased the visibility of content previously flagged by fact-checkers as disinformation. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for detailed public explanations from the US social media mega-company about this bug and its impact.

The flaw’s existence has just been revealed by The Verge, a US tech website that obtained a

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