Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through 'suggested friends' feature

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 6, 2018 at 11:08:14 AM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through 'suggested friends' feature
>
>
> Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through
> 'suggested friends' feature
>
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/05/facebook-accused-introducing-extremists-one-another-suggested/
>    
>      Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of
>    Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, via its
>    'suggested friends' feature, it can be revealed.  The social
>    media giant - which is already under fire for failing to
>    remove terrorist material from its platform - is now accused
>    of actively connecting jihadists around the world, allowing
>    them to develop fresh terror networks and even recruit new
>    members to their cause.  Researchers, who analysed the
>    Facebook activities of a thousand Isil supporters in 96
>    countries, discovered users with radical Islamist sympathies
>    were routinely introduced to one another through the popular
>    'suggested friends' feature.
>
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>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren 



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