Social Media’s Impact on Homeland Security

QuestionPeters asks Boland to confirm he raised internal objections at Facebook about the recommendation algorithm promoting extreme, hateful, and racist content, and what leadership's reaction was.

ResponseBoland confirms he raised internal objections specifically about racist content amplification, was told he was "wrong" without counter-evidence or told it wasn't a current priority, and cites an internal June 2020 polarization-research document (part of the Frances Haugen disclosures) admitting Facebook had "very little understanding of racial, ethnic, or religious polarization."