A lot of fake and harmful information is coming up on the news feeds due to the ranking of an algorithm on Facebook. This problem started from October. Until March 11, the engineers of Facebook could fix this bug! As a result, the unknown bug has already been infected almost half of the news feeds.
That’s what the technology news media Verge said. According to a memo, the bug did not spread the content that was supposed to spread less, rather spread nudity, violence and the Russian issue. And last year, the spread of this fake information was 30%. Facebook engineers themselves consider this as a serious problem.
Whistleblower Frances Hagen, meanwhile, said such an issue could prove that Facebook’s algorithm should be made open to other researchers, or that Facebook should move away from engagement-based ranking algorithms.
However, a Facebook spokesperson said that the bug has been fixed. It is unlikely to have any long-term effect.