2021/11/20

How Facebook and Google Fund Disinformation

“Clickbait actors cropped up in Myanmar overnight. With the right recipe for producing engaging and evocative content, they could generate thousands of US dollars a month in ad revenue, or 10 times the average monthly salary—paid to them directly by Facebook.”
Karen Hao, MIT Technology Review’s senior AI editor, on how Facebook and Google not only amplify but fund disinformation
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