Following Zuckerberg's promise that Facebook would display less political content in the future, the company began testing the new feature.
In a blog post, the company he said that it will begin to "reduce the distribution of political content in the News Feed to a small percentage of people in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia this week", while the US will follow "in the coming weeks".
Η εταιρεία λέει ότι χρησιμοποιεί αυτές τις πρώτες δοκιμές για να βρει έναν καλύτερο τρόπο ταξινόμησης πολιτικού περιεχομένου, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τους χρήστες και την εμπειρία τους. Διευκρίνισε επίσης ότι έγκυρες πληροφορίες και περιεχόμενο που αφορά τον COVID-19 from official government agencies will be exempt from the changes.
Facebook says its goal is not to remove political content entirely, but rather to find a way to respect its members. The company notes that political content makes up only 6% of what Facebook users see in the US, citing a research released in November 2020. It's worth noting, however, that this investigation was created in response to evidence that the company was pushing right-wing news to users.
The impending change raises the question of whether a reduction in political content is ultimately the answer. I don't think they are bothered by political messages, but the misinformation and the various comments. Of course, the choice of a single political space is not the best either.
