Facebook accused of extremists to one another through ‘suggested friends’ feature (The Telegraph)
Using sophisticated algorithms, Facebook is designed to connect people who share common interests.
“Facebook, in their desire to connect as many people as possible have inadvertently created a system which helps connect extremists and terrorists.”
There is much to say about the role and responsibility of Facebook. But I couldn’t think of a comment as brilliant as the one by @ben ->.
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Picked a few specific quotes from the article to show the gist of the article storyline. ↩︎