{"id":3099,"date":"2021-10-05T19:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/frances-haugen-facebook-harms-children-and-stokes-division-video\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T19:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:37:44","slug":"frances-haugen-facebook-harms-children-and-stokes-division-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/frances-haugen-facebook-harms-children-and-stokes-division-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Haugen: Facebook harms children and stokes division \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frances Haugen, the former employee who accused\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0of putting profit over safety, has testified before the US Senate. 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The whistleblower condemned the extreme secrecy and lack of transparency around\u00a0Facebook\u00a0and how its algorithms work. &#8216;I\u2019m here today because I believe Facebook\u2019s products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy,&#8217; she said. &#8216;The company\u2019s leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won\u2019t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Facebook harms children and is damaging democracy, claims whistleblower<br \/>\nKey takeaways: what the Facebook whisteblower revealed<br \/>\nFacebook whistleblower hearing \u2013 latest updates<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frances Haugen, the former employee who accused\u00a0Facebook\u00a0of putting profit over safety, has testified before the US Senate. 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