Internal Facebook documents revealed that company executives know its algorithm was biased toward people of color and promoted hate speech - but they failed to crack down on it. The project, dubbed the 'worst of the worst' project included hate speech posts that were shared on the site, with 10 of the worst examples being shared. In 2019, researchers discovered that more than half of the hate speech was being targeted towards Blacks, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, and Jews, according to documents. 'This information confirms what many of us already knew: that Facebook is an active and willing participant in the dissemination of hate speech and misinformation,' Ilhan Omar said in a statement. 'For years, we have raised concerns to Facebook about routine anti-Muslim, anti-Black, and anti-immigrant content on Facebook, much of it based on outright falsehoods.

Source: The Nation November 22, 2021 19:10 UTC