https://qz.com/1100976/sheryl-sandberg-in-an-interview-with-axios-said-facebook-is-less-of-a-filter-bubble-than-traditional-news-outlets/

Facebook broadens people’s views, as opposed to shrinking them, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer told Axios’ Mike Allen in a live interview today (Oct. 12). The conversation was part of her tour of Washington DC to address pressure from lawmakers about Russian-bought ads on the platform during the 2016 election.

In answer to Allen’s question about whether Facebook contributes to our “filter bubbles,” Sandberg said, “What Facebook does is it increases our ability to stay in touch with our ‘weak ties,'” giving as an example her high school friends, whom she wouldn’t be in touch with otherwise.