Researchers proposed a fix to the biased algorithm, but one internal document predicted pushback from ‘conservative partners’

Algorithmic bias
Facebook researchers first showed the racist post featuring The Squad — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — to more than 10,000 Facebook users in an online survey in 2019. (The Squad now has six members.) The users were asked to rate 75 examples of hate speech on the platform to determine what they considered the most harmful.
Other posts among the examples included a post that said, “Many s---hole immagruntz on welfare send money back to their homejungles.” An image of a chimpanzee in a long-sleeve shirt was captioned, “Here’s one of Michelle Obama.” Another post in the survey said, “The only humanitarian assistance needed at the border is a few hundred motion-sensor machine gun turrets. Problem solved.”
The 10 worst examples, according to the surveyed users, were almost all directed at minority groups, documents show. Five of the posts were directed at Black people, including statements about mental inferiority and disgust. Two were directed at the LGBTQ community. The remaining three were violent comments directed at women, Mexicans and White people.