Facebook's spam filter blocked the most popular articles about its 50m user breach / Bo... - 0 views
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dr tech on 30 Sep 18"The articles were so widely and quickly shared that they triggered Facebook's spam filters, which blocked the most popular stories about the breach, including an AP story and a Guardian story. There's no reason to think that Facebook intentionally suppressed embarrassing news about its own business. Rather, this is a cautionary tale about the consequences of content filtering on big platforms."