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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
Well, based on the original quote, it's not that they passively did nothing about it.

The consciously and proactively blocked attempts to fix it.

>>emilse+z9
> attempts to counteract this problem were ignored or shut down.

I think you misinterpreted this?

>>eximiu+ta
Maybe. How do you interpret it?

>>emilse+Bb
I'm interpreting that the business development culture at Facebook disincentivized taking action against extremist groups.

>>whymau+zc
Attempts to prevent it were shut down. Shutting something down is an activity, thus /active/.

>>lallys+af
What? This literally makes no sense, lol.

Edit: I see the confusion now. emilsedgh, you, and I all agree. I thought emilsedgh was saying the opposite of what they wrote.