Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge

…The internal documents also show Facebook researchers have found the platform's recommendation tools repeatedly pushed users to extremist groups, prompting internal warnings that some managers and executives ignored, NBC News reported. 

In one striking internal study, a Facebook researcher created a fake profile for "Carol Smith", conservative female user whose interests included Fox News and Donald Trump. The experiment showed that within two days, Facebook's algorithm was recommending "Carol" join groups dedicated to QAnon, a baseless internet conspiracy theory…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/22/facebook-whistleblower-hate-speech-illegal-report