A man is typing on a laptop. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 1 Social networking site Facebook* has experienced a massive breakdown in news rankings in the past six months, according to Verge, citing internal corporate documents. The problem was first noticed in October 2021, according to a circulated within the company report. Instead of «suppressing» posts flagged as questionable by the network's fact-checkers, the News Feed stimulated their spread, increasing views by 30% worldwide. An internal investigation found that Facebook*'s algorithms were also malfunctioning during this time when needed to downgrade. rating of impressions of posts with nudity or violence. The ranking issue was reportedly only resolved on March 11. A Meta* spokesperson told the publication that this was a technical issue that first arose in 2019 but did not have a noticeable impact until October 2021. According to him, its root cause was a bug in the software, which has already been fixed by specialists.* Meta activity (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist. » />Pushkov sees no opportunity to return to Russia Facebook* and Instagram*
