Zuckerberg Says Polarization Existed Before Social-Media Platforms
25 Mars 2021 - 6:39PM
Dow Jones News
By Bowdeya Tweh
Facebook's CEO offered a stiff rebuttal Thursday to claims that
social-media platforms were driving polarization among users'
world-wide, describing them as inaccurate.
"The division we see today is the result of a political and
media environment that drives people apart," Mr. Zuckerberg
said.
The social-media giant is trying to avoid criticism that it
helps drive division among users, along political or other lines.
Yet despite Mr. Zuckerberg's statements, Facebook has acknowledged
that polarization on the platform has hurt engagement, and it has
taken several steps to help improve the health of
conversations.
The Wall Street Journal had reported
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knew-calls-for-violence-plagued-groups-now-plans-overhaul-11612131374)
that Facebook's internal research found that Facebook Groups in the
U.S. had become a vector for the rabid partisanship and even calls
for violence that inflamed the country after the election.
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