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Re:Facebook blocked posts by a militia group opposed to the ... by laurent92 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:54AM (#26293062)
Facebook has so much power with censoring only one side of the extremists. A good experiment would be if you could find a Christian priest to report, and check whether their response is weighted differently.
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Re:Facebook blocked posts by a militia group opposed to the ... by tonyedgecombe on Sunday February 28, 2021 @08:20AM (#26293231)
A good experiment would be ...

That would be an anecdote just as Ahmed's findings were anecdotal. It you want to check for bias you need data.

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Re:Facebook blocked posts by a militia group opposed to the ... by ethanwillis on Sunday February 28, 2021 @08:54AM (#26293419)
Data that Facebook is fighting hard to make sure people can't collect. Just like how they were poisoning the well while suing academic teams just trying to get information on ads data.
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Re:Facebook blocked posts by a militia group opposed to the ... by throwaway1777 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:35AM (#26294074)
Cambridge analytica killed any kind of large scale data access to FB.
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Re:Facebook blocked posts by a militia group opposed to the ... by ttt0 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:43AM (#26294136)
Well, Facebook won't ever release their data, so I guess there cannot be any wrongdoing whatsoever.
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