Meta: Facebook's algorithms 'supercharged' hate speech in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
Facebook has been accused by rights group Amnesty International of contributing to violence during the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. The social media site's algorithms "supercharged the spread of harmful rhetoric", Amnesty said in a report. It failed to take adequate steps to curb the spread of such rhetoric, Amnesty added.
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