Writing for the advertising industry trade publication Ad Age, Clegg attempted to argue that the good on Facebook outweighs the bad. As with all of Facebook’s algorithms, there is no transparency on how Facebook arrived at this net positive impact. In mid-November, I had reported on the continued presence of white nationalist organizations on Facebook. I had again provided Facebook with a list of groups that were using its platform despite its stated policies against white nationalist hate, and Facebook had again failed to take action against them. What ensued was a vicious, weeks-long campaign of racist and sexist harassment, coordinated by white nationalist organizations (and amplified by Breitbart News).

Source: The Guardian July 02, 2020 04:52 UTC