A former Facebook product manager told Congress on Tuesday that the company’s products harm children and stoke division, while Facebook executives hide research about the social network’s risks to keep its business humming.
Frances Haugen, speaking to the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, said Facebook needs to be subject to the same kind of government regulation that covers Big Tobacco, automobiles and opioids as public safety concerns.
“I implore you to do the same here,” Haugen told senators.
She said the company’s leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer but refuses to “because they have put their astronomical profits before people.”
— source npr.org | Shannon Bond, Bobby Allyn | Oct 5, 2021