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This 13-minute video of a Facebook whistleblower is one of the most clearly articulated arguments against Facebook you'll see
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed her identity on "60 Minutes," explaining Facebook's …
Hannah Towey  Â
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Facebook changing its name to Meta damaged its already battered reputation, a study found
Meta experienced a 5% drop in public trust after the rebrand, according to a Harris Brand Platform …
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Facebook took down Australian government pages to gain leverage as its parliament was considering harsh new tech laws, whistleblowers say
Facebook removed pages belonging to hospitals, emergency services, and more, the WSJ said. Facebook…
Bill Bostock  Â
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Facebook whistleblower Haugen says employees who raised concerns were less likely to get promoted than staff who were willing to 'look the other way'
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told UK lawmakers that the company incentivized poor behaviou…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook's investment in the 'metaverse' shows how its priorities are all wrong
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 people to build the "metaverse," and Frances Haugen told UK lawmakers…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says it's cheaper to run 'hateful' ads on the platform than other kind of adverts. 'We are literally subsidizing hate.'
Frances Haugen said Facebook's ad pricing was partially based on how likely users are to interact w…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly helped reinstate a video that falsely claims abortion is 'never medically necessary,' caving to complaints of Republican politicians
Facebook employees repeatedly urged Zuckerberg to stop bending the rules for "powerful political ac…
Hannah Towey  Â
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After the Facebook whistleblower came forward, the company reportedly tried to discredit her reputation among politicians
In October, Frances Haugen exposed major issues at the social media giant. Then, company lobbyists …
Ben Gilbert  Â
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Facebook whistleblower is optimistic about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and says Musk can take feedback better than Mark Zuckerberg
"I think there's a huge opportunity here for Elon to really demonstrate that there's another way fo…
Jyoti Mann  Â
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A new Facebook whistleblower was reportedly told by company officials to 'focus on the good' after raising problems like illegal drug trades on the platform
The whistleblower alleges the platform failed to moderate criminal activity within private Groups, …
Hannah Towey  Â
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is reportedly being funded by the billionaire founder of eBay
Pierre Omidyar is reportedly funding the Facebook whistleblower in one of his many advocacy efforts…
Hannah Towey  Â
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Two Facebook whistleblowers have publicly attacked the company this year. Here's how their claims overlap.
Speaking to Insider, Sophie Zhang said although she and Frances Haugen saw completely different sid…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Facebook is fighting to keep records of its own investigation into the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar out of court
Facebook said sharing users' private content with the court would create "grave human rights concer…
Hannah Towey  Â
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Facebook told staff it would seal off some internal message boards to prevent leaking. The change was immediately leaked.
Facebook is making some discussion groups private, per the NYT. It comes a week after Facebook whis…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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A second Facebook whistleblower says she's willing to testify before Congress and that she's shared documents with a US law agency
The former employee Sophie Zhang has criticized what she believed was Facebook's failure to stop au…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Mark Zuckerberg discussed Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen at length during an internal meeting - but never mentioned her by name, a report says
Zuckerberg said some of the claims made by Francis Haugen about Facebook were "pretty easy to debun…
Kate Duffy  Â
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Facebook coached employees on how to talk to their friends and family following the whistleblower hearing, a report says
Facebook execs gave staff a list of talking points, including telling friends and family the compan…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Facebook is a menace to children. Maybe Congress will finally take action.
Whistleblower Frances Haugen testified that Facebook knew Instagram hurt children. See why the hear…
Noam Cohen  Â
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Mark Zuckerberg says whistleblower's claims that Facebook places profit over people 'don't make any sense.' Read his full response to the whistleblower's testimony.
"I think most of us just don't recognize the false picture of the company that is being painted," Z…
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Facebook's week of scandals has made it easier than ever to argue for its downfall - here's why the whistleblower still thinks it shouldn't be broken up
"Facebook will continue to be this Frankenstein," Haugen told a Senate hearing. "Only now there won…