[anderson1993]

We know all social media is hit with attempted manipulation, the hard part is figuring out how and why. I doubt Facebook can figure it out.

[yosito]

It's a bit hard for them to figure it out when they're one of the main culprits and depend on manipulation for profit.

[elliekelly]

I find it entirely implausible that facebook, with their vast troves of data and an army of the very best computer scientists money can buy, is incapable of reliably identifying posts and users responsible for mass manipulation on their platform. Unwilling? Sure. Unable? Not a chance.

[daenz]

With the current logic that Facebook is using, "manipulation" can mean any behavior that they don't endorse. For example someone is "manipulating" their network by posting anti Biden memes.

I recognize that I am extrapolating real group behavior to real individual behavior, but I think that extrapolation is warranted given that we've just made the jump from group bot behaviour to group people behavior.