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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyArtificial intelligence (AI) has in 2023 quickly eclipsed social media and smartphones as the technology du jour for secular doomsday preachers.Concerns about content-ranking algorithms and “dark patterns” suddenly felt quaint compared to sentient AI exterminating (or displacing) every human on the planet. Mark Zuckerberg, once an unyielding digital titan, now feels like MySpace Tom reigning over an uncool, increasingly irre...

Streisand personally kicked off the event with remarks about the current American landscape.

Frances Haugen felt she had no choice but to blow the whistle over Facebook's lack of action to improve the safety of its platform.

What does it really take to expose corporate wrongdoing? The Facebook whistleblower has some ideas.

Our weekly unworthy Pulitzer Prize recognition of less-than-meritorious excellence in journalism.

 

Haugen's new book, "The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook," highlights the importance of addressing the lack of accountability in the social media industry.

By Frances Haugen

In "The Power of One," Haugen shares the moments of her life that gave her the strength — including the tragic death of her childhood best friend and a debilitating illness that left her temporarily unable to work or walk.

From memoir to biography.