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/...
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@repadamschiff
Adam Schiff
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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. http…
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@willoremus
Will Oremus
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@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.
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@davidshepardson
@davidshepardson
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Full Facebook whistleblower testimony https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@davidcicilline
David Cicilline
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.@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/...
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@repjimbanks
Jim Banks
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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!
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@jayrosen_nyu
Jay Rosen
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Good on @brianstelter for saying it straight out to Facebook VP Nick Clegg on @ReliableSources. “A part of me feels like I'm interviewing the head of a tobacco company right now.” https://www.cnn.com/...
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@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
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Key quote from Haugen's testimony: “These problems are solvable. A safer, more enjoyable social media is possible... Congress can change the rules Facebook plays by and stop the harm it is causing.”
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@reploritrahan
Congresswoman Lori Trahan
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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://…
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@repmalinowski
Rep. Tom Malinowski
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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/...
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@repwexton
Rep. Jennifer Wexton
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These allegations reveal important insights into how Facebook sacrifices the public good for more engagement and more revenue. This underscores the need for greater regulations to fight dangerous disinformation and keep users, especially kids, safe. https://www.cbsnews.com/...
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@post_market
Post M.
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Listen up you sallys, $FB has 3.5 billion Monthly Active People (some real, some fake, some double counted) 8.5 million people watch 60 Minutes. The Obesity epidemic and sedentary lifestyles are the single biggest issue facing American lives. Get a new story. Buy that dip.
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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Bam. Just now reading through 8 SEC complaints filed by Facebook Whistleblower. They're brutal, incredibly damning. My attention went to last one, “Facebook's Reach” as I'm very familiar with other parallel lawsuits. Also likely why Everson jumped ship... https://www.cbsnews.com/…
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@chrisalbertolaw
@chrisalbertolaw
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HUGE: Whistleblower's SEC complaint: @Facebook knew platform was used to “promote human trafficking and domestic servitude.” Mark Zuckerberg et al., should be drawn and quartered for destroying the social fabric of societies worldwide. https://www.cbsnews.com/...
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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I see in these SEC whistleblower filings a # of connections into other civil lawsuits currently underway against Facebook. If the SEC launches an investigation and examines the entire body of evidence, including SEC's own settlement with Facebook, it will likely be very damning.
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@60minutes
@60minutes
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“Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they'll click on less ads, they'll make less money,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://www.cbsnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@franceshaugen_
Frances Haugen
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I believe that we can do better.
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@guyro
Guy Rosen
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@donie ... We did not disband Civic Integrity. We integrated it into a larger Central Integrity team so that the incredible work pioneered for elections could be applied even further, for example across health related issues. Their work continues to this day.
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@yaeleisenstat
Yael Eisenstat
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For those asking my thoughts on the Facebook whistleblower, @JRubinBlogger's piece summarizes my views (past+present). Can we at least now agree FB can't self regulate on issues affecting broader society, even if we don't all agree on exactly what to do? 1/https://www.washingtonp…
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@katestarbird
Kate Starbird
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One interesting insight from FB whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_'s interview last night was her relaying a comment from an EU politician about how optimizing for Facebook's algorithms was causing political leaders to take more partisan positions. That's the populist feedback loop.
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@ceciliakang
Cecilia Kang
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It's incredible that Mark Zuckerberg hasn't addressed the Whistleblower's damning reveals. When there is a crisis - plane crash, product defect - a CEO always addresses employees and the public. Where is Zuckerberg?
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@evan_greer
Evan Greer
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Love to see it. Facebook whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ tells @WSJ the way to reduce harm is a radical change to the company's business model: ending algorithmic amplification that's maximized for engagement—not eliminating S 230. This is in line with many experts & rights orgs ht…
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@latenightseth
@latenightseth
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Mark Zuckerberg was so upset, he learned a second facial expression. https://twitter.com/...
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@jrubinblogger
Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin
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With the help of tens of thousands of documents referencing Facebook's own studies, Haugen illustrates the pathetically weak efforts that remove only a tiny fraction of the violence, incitement and hate content on its platform. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@hillaryclinton
Hillary Clinton
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Tech companies have spent years building audiences for fear, hatred, and misinformation. Why? For profit. Now we're all living in the information system they've helped create. But it doesn't have to continue. https://www.cbsnews.com/...