more than a third of the world's population are active users of facebook and its other social media products. it's an astonishing figure — and the global tech giant has been facing serious allegations about its impact on society. a former facebook manager turned whistleblower has told a committee of mps that platforms like facebook are "literally subsidising hate" and unquestionably are making hate worse. here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. facebook, a corporate giant used by 2.9 billion people, an empire which includes instagram, whatsapp and the virtual reality business 0culus. but now that empire stands accused of putting profits before people. frances, we're delighted you've been able to make this trip to be in london and give evidence to us. at westminster this afternoon, francis haugen, the whistle—blower who's made that charge, told mps and peers what she learned inside the company. she said events like january's storming of the us congress were made more likely because of the way facebook was designed. the algorithms take people
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