TechnologyTuesday 11.23.21

Facebook Knows Its “Race-Blind” Practices Hurt Black People

Facebook was well aware that its “race-blind” practices came at the expense of Black people. Researchers reportedly showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech on the platform last year — and presented a real post featuring an image of "The Squad." But apparently it wasn’t enough to persuade them to change the system.

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