“Islamophobia happens to be something that made these companies lots and lots of money,” said one researcher, who added that it keeps people on the platform and available to see ads.
“Since the attack happened, teams from across Facebook have been working around the clock to respond to reports and block content, proactively identify content which violates our standards and to support first responders and law enforcement,” the statement said. “We are adding each video we to find to an internal database which enables us to detect and automatically remove copies of the videos when uploaded again.
This is true for anti-Muslim hate speech and other bigoted speech on social media platforms, none of which happens in isolation, Phillips said. When InfoWars was de-platformed, it was companies responding to news of the day. The same is happening with anti-vaccination disinformation across Facebook, YouTube, and others.
The Facebook algorithm, for example, recommends related groups that can point people to extremism. Even after the New Zealand attack the company allowed groups with names like “War against Islam” and “Bikers Against Radical Islam Europe” to exist. They have membership in the thousands.
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