Frances Haugen's prepared Senate testimony: Facebook putting profits over safety has resulted in a system that amplifies division, extremism, and polarization
or Two—Forward This Week Bloomberg : Facebook Whistle-Blower to Share ‘Frightening Truth’ With Senate Gilad Edelman / Wired : This Facebook Hearing Will Be Different Tweets: Adam Schiff / @repadamschiff : According to this Facebook whistleblower, shutting down the civic integrity team and turning off election misinformation tools contributed to the Jan 6 insurrection. The Select Committee will need to hear from her, and get internal info from Facebook to flesh out their role. https://twitter.com/... Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny : In her prepared remarks, Frances Haugen is calling for the same as three researchers did last week before a House Science subcommittee: Access to full data for outside researchers. In other words, no more letting Facebook grade their own homework. https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : @kevinroose I've been covering Facebook for a decade. The idea that Facebook is weakening, that it's vulnerable, that it has lost the teens, has cropped up almost every year throughout its history. It has turned out to be wrong every time so far. @davidshepardson : Full Facebook whistleblower testimony https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/... David Cicilline / @davidcicilline : .@POTUS was right—Facebook is killing people. Whether it is teen suicides, January 6, or covid misinformation, Facebook has shown that its unchecked power to dictate and profit from what people see online is a threat to our safety and our country. https://www.cnn.com/... Jim Banks / @repjimbanks : Facebook whistleblower reveals what we've been saying all along... Facebook is lying to us. They don't censor based on what's harmful. They censor based on what benefits them politically! Congresswoman Lori Trahan / @reploritrahan : I applaud Frances Haugen for surfacing the truth about @Facebook. Her courage means that not only will legislators take action, but that the general public knows data collected by these huge platforms is being used against our children — and against the users themselves. https://twitter.com/... Rep. Tom Malinowski / @repmalinowski : Perhaps no single entity is more responsible for the spread of dangerous conspiracy theories at scale or for emboldening extremists than Facebook. They need to be held accountable - Tom has a bill to do just that. ➡️➡️ https://malinowski.house.gov/ ... https://twitter.com/...