'It does not take a whistleblower to know that Facebook's vast platform is used to spread hate and misinformation. But now we do have a whistleblower' | Analysis by zbyronwolf
It does not take a whistleblower to know that Facebook's vast platform is used to spread hate and misinformation.
But now we do have a whistleblower: former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen. She alleges that the scale of the problem is much worse than the company lets on or the public understands, that Facebook hides evidence the platform is being used in this way and that its algorithm turbocharged US divisions by feeding hateful and wrong content.The list goes on.
Stelter to Facebook exec: Is the world better for teenage girls with Instagram? 02:41If you're skeptical that teen girls are exposed to inappropriate content that could foster eating disorders, read this CNN Business report published Monday, where Instagram acknowledges promoting pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts. This is dark stuff.Why doesn't Facebook release the kind of research that Haugen leaked? Clegg argued that Facebook has more than 1,000 Ph.D.
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