It is pointed out that Facebook is still continuing to 'recommend display of political groups' that should have been banned



In preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration of the United States Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021, Facebook will temporarily not show groups related to political or social issues in the 'Recommended Groups' displayed on the top page.

Announced that it has taken emergency measures to ensure that. Before the presidential election in 2020, Facebook is showing a strict attitude to tackle political issues such as temporarily banning political advertising, but Facebook is a non-profit news media, The Markup reports that 'this measure is not working.'

Facebook Said It Would Stop Pushing Users to Join Partisan Political Groups. It Didn't. – The Markup
https://themarkup.org/citizen-browser/2021/01/19/facebook-said-it-would-stop-pushing-users-to-join-partisan-political-groups-it-didnt

The Technology 202: Posts calling for political violence continue to slip through Facebook's defenses --The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/19/technology-202-posts-calling-political-violence-continue-slip-through-facebook-defenses/

Facebook has announced that it will not show political groups in 'Recommended Groups' just before Biden's inauguration. However, a survey of more than 1900 Facebook users using The Markup's proprietary data collection algorithm, the Citizen Browser Project , found 12 of the top 100 'recommended groups' displayed to users. It became clear that it was a political group. This has continued to appear even after Facebook announced on January 11, 2021 that it would not show political or violent things to recommended groups, and in response to this announcement, a Facebook spokeswoman 'We are investigating why it was displayed,' said Kevin McCallister. In addition, although it was announced on January 16, 2021 that 'advertising on weapons will be prohibited', it is reported that advertisements on weapons are still displayed as of January 19, 2021. ..




In addition, a survey by The Markup found that about a quarter of those who voted for Donald Trump showed political groups, and the top 15% of those who voted for Joe Biden. Was also political. On the other hand, it also reports that no political group was displayed to those who abstained from voting.



'I wish I had been arrested and shown to myself,' said Donald Trump, a political group displayed to users who voted for Trump, to US House Speaker

Nancy Pompeo, who supports Mr. Biden. Includes 'Is Our President' and 'Rudy Giuliani' who posted ' Put to hang' to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said they wouldn't overturn the presidential election results. The most frequently recommended users who voted for Biden were Steve Schmidt 's fan group, the founder of the Republican anti-Trump faction The Lincoln Project . It was also announced that the total number of groups displayed during the survey period was 97,443, most of which were animals and food, and few were political.

When Facebook announced that it would not show political groups, it did not disclose specific measures. However, a survey by The Markup reveals that the recommended groups were not tagged as 'citizen' or 'politics.' 'The groups that appear as recommendations aren't necessarily related to the user's social ties, and it's unclear how the group will be recommended to the user,' The Markup wrote.



The source code of the 'Citizen Browser Project' used by The Markup for data collection is available on GitHub.

GitHub --the-markup / citizen-browser-fb-political-groups: Data from our story 'Facebook Said It Would Stop Pushing Users to Join Partisan Political Groups. It Didn't.' From The Markup's Citizen Browser project.
https://github.com/the-markup/citizen-browser-fb-political-groups



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