FACEBOOK TO PERMANENTLY STOP RECOMMENDING POLITICAL GROUPS TO USERS

  • 28/01/2021

 Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that the social network  will permanently stop recommending civic and political groups to users of the platform .The social media company had already halted recommendations of political groups for the United States in October to prevent the spread of misleading information ahead of the Presidential elections . Facebook said it would be making this permanent, and would expand the policy globally.

"We plan to keep civic and political groups out of recommendations for the long term and we plan to expand that policy globally," Zuckerberg said on a conference call with analysts about Facebook's earnings.He added that Facebook would also reduce political content in users' main news feeds as part of a push "to turn down the temperature and discourage divisive conversation".

Several watchdog and advocacy groups have pushed for Facebook to limit algorithmic group recommendations. They have argued that some Facebook groups are used as spaces to spread misinformation and organise extremist activity.

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