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by seesawtron 2137 days ago
>> Researchers found that when they followed public Facebook pages containing Holocaust denial content, Facebook recommended further similar content.

I can understand that being precise is crucial when making statements like this but instead of getting hung up on that detail, the tech-minded folks of HN would also understand the main argument about the perinicious effect of such feedback of "similar content" reinforcing the false beliefs and conspiracies.

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Indeed, often technically correct is not the best kind of correct.