Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook making online hate worse
The company's latest show of financial strength follows both an avalanche of reports on the Facebook Papers - a vast trove of redacted internal documents obtained by a consortium of news organizations that included The Associated Press - but also of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony to British lawmakers.
While her testimony echoed much of what she told the U.S. Senate this month, her in-person appearance drew intense interest from a British parliamentary committee that is much further along in drawing up legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Haugen accused Facebook-owned Instagram of failing to keep children under 13 - the minimum user age - from opening accounts, saying it wasn't doing enough to protect kids from content that, for example, makes them feel bad about their bodies.
“Those people are also living in the U.K. and being fed misinformation that is dangerous, that radicalizes people,” Haugen said. “And so language-based coverage is not just a good-for-individuals thing, it's a national security issue.”
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