Facebook, I’m Begging You, Please Make Yourself Better
▻https://theintercept.com/2016/11/10/facebook-im-begging-you-please-make-yourself-better
The article that scared me most this election cycle appeared in the Washington Post, documenting how Melanie Austin, a single western Pennsylvania Trump supporter, gathered information about the world around her : almost exclusively vacuuming falsehoods via Google and social media. She is one among millions. You can blame Facebook outright for Trump’s victory, or not. But at the very least, we should demand from them some accountability for their role in spreading the present toxic sea of (...)