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Facebook Execs Gave Up On Solutions After Finding Its Platform Was Fueling Division: WSJ

NOT A PRIORITY

The social-media giant is reported to have found its algorithms were aggravating polarization. Its top executives ended up ignoring the solutions.

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After finding evidence from an internal investigation that its platform has been fueling divisiveness and polarization, Facebook decided to ditch efforts to apply solutions to the problem due to a lack of interest among the company’s top executives, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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