{"id":1048909,"date":"2021-11-23T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048909"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:58:39","slug":"report-facebook-targeted-users-with-low-digital-literacy-skills-with-violent-and-explicit-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-facebook-targeted-users-with-low-digital-literacy-skills-with-violent-and-explicit-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Facebook Targeted Users with Low &#039;Digital Literacy&#039; Skills with Violent and Explicit Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-facebook-targeted-users-with-low-digital-literacy-skills-with-violent-and-explicit-posts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">According to a recent report, studies show that Facebook\u2019s newsfeed algorithms targeted users with low digital literacy skills and purposefully sent them violent, disturbing, and sexually explicit content.<\/p>\n<p><em>USA Today<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2021\/11\/23\/facebook-posts-violence-nudity-algorithm\/6240462001\/?gnt-cfr=1\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that two years ago, researchers at Facebook conducted a five-question survey that was aimed at assessing Facebook users\u2019 digital literacy skills. The survey tested how well users understood Facebook\u2019s app interface and online terms like \u201ctagging\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_11271932\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1140291756-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11271932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1140291756-1.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is applauded as he delivers the opening keynote introducing new Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram privacy features at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019. AMY OSBORNE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18507186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18507186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg introduces Meta (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Users received a score based on the number of questions they answered correctly and this information was then compared with the types of content Facebook\u2019s algorithms sent to these users over a 30-day period.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Researchers discovered that the users\u2019 scores almost exactly predicted the percentage of posts that users saw containing violence and nudity. The lower a user\u2019s digital literacy score, the more likely they were to be served disturbing content by Facebook\u2019s news feed. Users who got every question on the survey wrong saw 11.4 percent more nudity and 13.4 percent more graphic violence compared to users who correctly answered all questions.<\/p>\n<p>One Facebook employee commented on the internal study:&nbsp;\u201cThis is super interesting. It\u2019s also super sobering to realize that the \u2018default\u2019 feed experience, so to speak, includes nudity + borderline content unless otherwise controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook identified vulnerable users with low digital literacy skills and conducted in-depth interviews and in-home visits with them in an attempt to understand them better. They found that the content displayed to the users in their news feeds caused them to distance themselves from Facebook for a long period of time and further exacerbated any hardships they were currently facing.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook appeared to repeatedly show one middle-aged black woman posts relating to racial resentment and videos of people bullying children and killing other people. Another person who joined a Narcotics Anonymous Facebook group began receiving ads for alcoholic beverages. Another user joined a coupon and savings page and was promptly served financial scam ads.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2021\/11\/23\/facebook-posts-violence-nudity-algorithm\/6240462001\/\"><em>USA Today<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent report, studies show that Facebook\u2019s newsfeed algorithms targeted users with low digital literacy skills and purposefully sent them violent, disturbing, and sexually explicit content. 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