Users of both Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) have noticed a difference in the amount of raw, unfiltered talk of the shooting incident in Ferguson, MO between the social media platforms. The reason: one platform engages in unbridled censorship. According to a report in the Washington Post, the Twitter feed is not filtered by algorithms. When people you follow communicate a message, it is delivered into your Twitter stream in real time regardless of content, as one might expect. Not so for Facebook. Facebook prefers for you not to see viral news Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) uses algorithms to…
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