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		mhucka on May 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platf... In the case of Facebook at least, there is evidence they knowingly allow their algorithms to promote divisive content: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-di...

zarkov99 on May 27, 2020 [–]

Of course they do, they are a for profit company not some enlightened beings we should delegate our sense making to. The whole social media revolution is a net negative and human culture has not caught up to this yet.

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