Internal documents shed light on Facebook's “holdout” experiments, where it withholds certain protections from a subset of users to see how they will react
on purpose https://www.protocol.com/... Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : This is what Frances Haugen was talking about when she described Facebook's “integrity holdouts” to Congress: “These are people who don't get protections from integrity systems to see what happens to them.” https://twitter.com/... Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : NEW: A 2019 internal report reveals what happened when Facebook rolled back certain protections from millions of users in News Feed. Its findings show those protections weren't making a dent in the worst kind of harms — but they were impacting engagement. https://www.protocol.com/...
Frances Haugen told lawmakers Facebook has conducted experiments where it withholds certain protections from a subset of users to see how they'll react. https://www.protocol.com/...
This is what Frances Haugen was talking about when she described Facebook's “integrity holdouts” to Congress: “These are people who don't get protections from integrity systems to see what happens to them.” https://twitter.com/...
“The report showed that during one March 2019 test, when the company rolled back some protections from millions of users' News Feeds, their exposure to some of the worst forms of harmful content, like graphic violence, barely changed.” This is a nuanced and important article: htt…
NEW: A 2019 internal report reveals what happened when Facebook rolled back certain protections from millions of users in News Feed. Its findings show those protections weren't making a dent in the worst kind of harms — but they were impacting engagement. https://www.protocol.com…
“We are likely having little (if any) impact on violence.” Here's what happened when Facebook stopped protecting users — on purpose https://www.protocol.com/...