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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is raising funds to train lawyers to fight big tech
"Before (my revelations), each of us could only see what was on our own screen. What changed w…
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Meta whistleblower says 'tens of millions' could die in the coming years if social media isn't overhauled
Frances Haugen told The Sunday Times that more needs to be done to change society's understanding o…
Pete Syme
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AI is not smart enough to solve Meta's content-policing problems, whistleblowers say
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and ex-Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung spoke at an event in…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says if Elon Musk wants Twitter to be a public square, he should make its algorithms open source
The former product manager on Facebook's civic integrity team made the comments on a special editio…
Sam Tabahriti
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Facebook employees said its ability to detect vaccine hesitancy and misinformation is 'bad in English and basically nonexistent' in other languages, reports show
Internal Facebook documents suggest the tech company struggles to identify posts containing COVID-1…
Emily Walsh
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A new whistleblower reportedly claimed Facebook exempted right-wing outlet Breitbart from certain rules because it didn't want to 'start a fight with Steve Bannon'
Ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon ran Breitbart News when Facebook defended "whitelisting" the outlet t…
Katie Canales
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen reveals what she would tell Mark Zuckerberg if she ever met him
Frances Haugen would tell Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, "You don't have to be afraid of people knocking…
Sarah Jackson
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Cosmetics company Lush says it's shutting down its Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat accounts because of the Facebook whistleblower
Lush's UK operation announced in 2019 it would shut down some social media, but says it returned in…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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From 'harass dash' to 'dark social,' 25 Facebook code words revealed in leaked whistleblower documents - and what they all mean
Company documents obtained by Insider revealed internal Facebook terms such as "eat your veggies" a…
Hannah Towey
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says Meta can't recover until Mark Zuckerberg steps down: report
Haugen, who took thousands of pages of documents about Facebook's practices when she left in May 20…
Sam Tabahriti
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Facebook claims it uses AI to identify and remove posts containing hate speech and violence, but the technology doesn't really work, report says
Facebook AI removes less than 5% of hate speech viewed on the social media platform, according to d…
Emily Walsh
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Facebook whistleblower says Mark Zuckerberg should resign as CEO amid company's 'meta problem'
"Facebook Files" whistleblower Frances Haugen said it's "unlikely" Facebook will stop prioritizing …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Facebook's Oversight Board says it will meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen in a 'push for greater transparency and accountability'
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will speak to the company's Oversight Board after leaking doc…
Sarah Jackson
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The leaked Facebook whistleblower files have triggered an FTC probe into whether the tech giant violated a $5 billion privacy settlement, a report says
The FTC has been in touch with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's team, a source told The Wall…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook is reportedly holding off on new product launches that could hurt its reputation after a brutal few weeks
Facebook is conducting "reputational reviews" to determine if products will invite public criticism…
Katie Canales
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The Facebook Papers: A bulleted guide to the biggest revelations from troves of leaked documents
The reports, based on Facebook documents leaked by the whistleblower Frances Haugen, ramp up the pr…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A group of nearly 50 nonprofits has launched a campaign to 'effectively end Facebook's current business model' in the wake of whistleblower testimony
The organizations are calling for a data privacy law to "shut down Facebook's surveillance machine"…
Sarah Jackson
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How to switch your Facebook feed to a chronological timeline
You can manually toggle Facebook's engagement-based ranking algorithms off so it doesn't decide wha…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The Facebook whistleblower hearing wasn't about cries of censorship or other political theater for once - it was about the company's unhealthy reliance on AI
Frances Haugen kept the hearing trained on how Facebook's use of machines is dangerous, since algor…
Katie Canales
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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 …