{"id":358378,"date":"2021-10-27T00:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T21:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-teeming-with-lies-about-elections-us-census-internal-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2021-10-27T00:22:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T21:22:30","slug":"facebook-teeming-with-lies-about-elections-us-census-internal-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-teeming-with-lies-about-elections-us-census-internal-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook teeming with lies about elections, US Census, internal study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> teeming with lies about elections, US Census, internal study shows<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Fear-mongering posts discouraging Americans from voting in US elections and participating in the US Census have run rampant on Facebook, according to an internal company study obtained by The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A whopping 20 percent of US Facebook users have seen content that discourages or interferes with them participating in elections, according to a 2019 survey of 3,000 users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some posts encouraged supporters of Donald Trump to vote online \u2014 an impossible proposition \u2014 while others falsely claimed that voters should stay home from the polls since Trump had already won, according to text responses that users submitted to Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Certain potential voters also said they were told that they could register to vote online in states where that isn\u2019t an option, while others were encouraged to stay home on election day \u201cto make a statement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of fake <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> accounts posting false information trying to dissuade people from voting,\u201d concluded one user in the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reveal of the study \u2014 which did not examine the sources of the misleading posts but rather how many users claim to have seen them \u2014 comes as Facebook takes fire for failing to crack down on hate speech and false news. Leaked messages show that some Facebook employees believe Mark Zuckerberg has put profits over safety, with one declaring, \u201cHistory will not judge us kindly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19929921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>One in five users have seen \u201cinterference\u201d content about elections, leaked Facebook documents show. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/election-2020-audit-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Michigan protest 2020 election\" class=\"wp-image-19930801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/election-2020-audit-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/election-2020-audit-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/election-2020-audit-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Several hundred rally goers protest at the Michigan State Capitol demanding a forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election on Oct 12 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mark Peterson\/Redux for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The study, titled \u201cUser Perspectives on Voter and Census Disenfranchisement,\u201d was revealed in disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by\u00a0Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen\u2019s\u00a0legal counsel. A consortium of news organizations, including The Post, has obtained the redacted versions received by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The study also showed that one in three users reported seeing some form of false news about elections on Facebook, while about 15 percent saw \u201cdirect calls not to participate in the Census,.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Lies spread on Facebook about the census included \u201cconspiracy theory spam\u201d that was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently designed to stop undocumented immigrants from responding to the Census, users in the survey said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A screenshot of the Facebook stud\" class=\"wp-image-19929978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/internal-facebook-study-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook users described false information about elections circulating on the social media site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2020-census.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"US Census\" class=\"wp-image-19930841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2020-census.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2020-census.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2020-census.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The US Census determines funding and the number of Congressional seats across the country.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One user wrote that they had seen posts saying \u201cpeople would be in danger of being deported if they participated.\u201d Another user reported seeing posts telling \u201cimmigrants to not answer their doors\u201d and \u201cnot respond to questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Since federal funding for schools, transit, housing and other government services is allocated based on population, undercounting a state\u2019s population in the US Census can reduce that state\u2019s share of government money. <\/p>\n<p>The number of Congressional representatives a state gets is also allocated based on census data, so suppressing Census responses can reduce the amount of influence a given state has in Washington. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook spokesman Kevin McAlister said the company used the 2019 study to inform its policies during the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invested in internal research to help teams proactively identify where we could improve our products and policies ahead of the US 2020 elections,\u201d McAlister said in a statement to The Post. \u201cThis research helped to inform our approach to double down on providing reliable information about voting through informational labels and our Voting Information Center, as well as updates we made to our voter interference policies. 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