Monday, 13 September 2021

Facebook gave misinformation about misinformation to researchers

Facebook gave misinformation about misinformation to researchers

Facebook provided misinformation researchers with flawed and incomplete data about how users interacted with posts and links. The research group Social Science One had used the data for the past two years without knowledge of a serious flaw: according to internal emails and interviews with the researchers conducted by The New York Times, the data only included interactions of approximately half of Facebook’s users in the United States...
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/facebook-misinformation-researchers-mistake-data-b1919042.html?source=Snapzu

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