CONCERTED ACTIONS AGAINST
MISINFORMATION CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
MEANWHILE, "NEW YORK TIMES"
WRITER STEWART THOMPSON AND
CHARLIE WARZEL HAD AN OPINION
PINK HOW RIGHT WING INFLUENCERS
FROM EMBRACED EXTREMIST VIEWS
AND HOW FACEBOOK REWARDED THEM.
FACEBOOK’S ALGORITHMS HAVE
COAXED MANY PEOPLE FOR SHOWING
MORE EXTREME VIEWS ON THE
PLATFORM.
REWARDING THEM FOR LIKES AND
SHARES FOR POSTS ON SUBJECTS
LIKE ELECTION FRAUD CONSPIRACIES.
>> THE MASS FOLLOWERS ENHANCE,
SOLICIT OCCASIONAL DONATIONS AND
MAYBE SELL A FEW T-SHIRTS.
THE REST OF US ARE LEFT WITH
DEMOCRACY BUCKLING UNDER THE
WEIGHT OF CITIZENS LIVING IN AN
ALTERNATE REALITY.
THAT IS SO WELL POINT.
JOINING US CAROL CADWALTER.
SHE BROKE THE FACEBOOK STORY
WHERE A WHISTLE-BLOWER DESCRIBED
HOW THE FIRM LINKED TO FORMER
TRUMP ADVISER BANNON TARGETED
AMERICAN VOTERS DURING THE 2016
ELECTION.
SHE HAS NOW ANALYZED AND
CRITIQUED FACEBOOK’S CONTENT
MODERATION DECISIONS, POLICIES
AND OTHER ISSUES CALLED THE REAL
FACEBOOK OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THANK GOD FOR HER.
>> GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
MIKA AND I LOVED YOUR TED TALK.
>> LOVED IT.
IT WAS SO COMPELLING.
>> THIS REALLY CAME ON THE HEELS
OF THE TWITTER STUDY, SHOWING
MISINFORMATION DROPPED 73% WHEN
TWITTER STOPPED ALLOWING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO LIE ABOUT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY,
TO LIE ABOUT HIS OPPONENTS, TO
LIE ABOUT ELECTIONS.
YOU COMBINE TWITTER, THE TOBGS
I.D.ITY THAT THEY MADE OFF OF
DONALD TRUMP’S REIGN AND WHAT
FACEBOOK HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.
THEY HAD A LOT TO DO, NOT ONLY
WITH THE INSURRECTION BUT WITH
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY
ACROSS THE GLOBE BEING SEVERELY
DAMAGED.
>> I MEAN, IT’S JUST -- IT IS
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE I THINK TO
SORT OF SUM UP REALLY THAT THE
DAMAGE THAT FACEBOOK HAS DONE
AND CONTINUES TO DO.
I THINK ONE OF THE ASTONISHING
THINGS A FEW PEOPLE HAVE
MENTIONED DURING THIS WEEK, IT’S FACEBOOK’S OWN RESEARCH THAT
FACEBOOK’S OWN RESEARCH THAT
SHOWS 62% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON
THIS FACEBOOK GROUP HAVE DONE SO
AS A RESULT OF THEIR
RECOMMENDATION ALGORITHM.
IT HAS BEEN AN ENGINE FOR
RADICALIZATION.
AND NOT JUST IN AMERICA BUT
ACROSS THE WORLD.
BUT CERTAINLY IN AMERICA I THINK
THAT IS NOW WHAT WE ARE SEEING,
THE CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO
ROOST.
AND THE RESULT -- THE EVENTS OF
LAST WEEK I REALLY DO THINK WE
WILL AND CAN TRACK A DIRECT LINE
FROM POST INCITEMENT ON FACEBOOK
TO VIOLENCE AND ACTION ON THE
GROUND.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, MIKE BARNICLE,
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME AFTER
THE ASSASSINATION OF THE FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN
OAKLAND DURING THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MARCHES, WHICH OF COURSE
MANY PEOPLE ON THE FAR RIGHT
IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO BLAME ON
THE MARCHERS.
IT WAS THE BOOGALOO BOYS.
FACEBOOK, THROUGH ALGORITHMS,
PUSHED PEOPLE TO THESE RIGHT
WING EXTREMIST SITES, PROMOTING
VIOLENCE.
NOTHING EVER CHANGES WITH
FACEBOOK.
NOTHING EVER CHANGES.
THEY ARE UNDERMINEING AMERICAN