Facebook algorithm ‘actively promotes’ Holocaust denial content, study finds

Facebook’s algorithm “actively promotes” posts and pages promoting Holocaust denial, according to an investigation by a counter-extremist group. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) discovered at least 36 Facebook groups –with 366,068 followers between them — that were hosting the material, the Guardian reports. The researchers found that when a user followed one of these groups, they’d be recommended others denying the genocide. They also found that searching the platform for “holocaust” brought up recommendations for denial pages. These would then link to publishers of denial literature and the infamous English Holocaust denier David Irving. A Facebook spokesperson told the Guardian that…

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