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Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to take on big tech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 06:29 AM

Whistleblower Frances Haugen's first project will be to document ways big tech is failing in its 'legal and ethical obligations to society'. Read more »

Facebook whistleblower ‘extremely’ worried by metaverse

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 11 07:03 AM

Facebook "wants to fill our environment with sensors, microphones, other kinds of ways of monitoring us", says a former Facebook engineer. Read more »

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down

Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 08:22 AM

In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. Read more »

New whistleblower accuses Facebook of wrongdoing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 07:57 AM

A former Facebook worker reportedly told US authorities Friday the platform has put profits before stopping problematic content. Read more »

Changing Facebook's name will not deter lawmaker or regulatory scrutiny

Sheila Dang and Supantha Mukherjee, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 08:47 AM

Renaming Facebook Inc is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, marketing and branding experts told Reuters. Read more »

Facebook will try to 'nudge' teens away from harmful content

Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 08:19 AM

A Facebook Inc executive said Sunday that the company would introduce new measures on its apps to prompt teens away from harmful content, as US lawmakers scrutinize how Facebook and subsidiaries like Instagram affect young people's mental health. Read more »

Facebook won't change sans pressure, whistleblower says

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 07:50 PM

Haugen, a former product manager at the company, said the profit motive was strong enough that Facebook would not change without pressure. Read more »

Zuckerberg says claim Facebook put profits over safety 'just not true'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 10:44 AM

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit back Tuesday at claims the social media giant fuels division, harms children and needs to be regulated, saying the claim the company puts profits over safety is "just not true." Read more »

Filipinos urged to observe 'proper use' of social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 12:22 PM

Internet users should be properly educated on the use of social media platforms so as to avoid the spread of misinformation, especially during the election season. Read more »

Facebook blames major outage on router work

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 05 02:35 PM

Facebook late Monday blamed a major outage across its platforms on configuration changes it made to routers that coordinate network traffic between its data centers. Read more »

Facebook chooses 'profit over safety,' says whistleblower

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 03:02 PM

The whistleblower said Facebook knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health. Read more »