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>>aaronb+(OP)
> In 2016, internal analysis at Facebook found 64% of all extremist group joins were due to their own recommendation tools. Yet repeated attempts to counteract this problem were ignored or shut down.

That's pretty damning. Facebook execs knew that extremist groups were using their platform and Facebook's own tooling catalyzed their growth, and yet they did nothing about it.

>>save_f+q8
According to Tim Kendall's LinkedIn, he stopped working at Facebook in 2010. So it's interesting that he claims to have internal information from 2016.

>>ipsum2+wg
Maybe, but it's pretty common for people to keep up with former coworkers and happenings in the company, especially since he was an early employee with (I'm assuming) a fair amount of equity.

I could see an employee giving him that data out of concern, but that's a fair point.