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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 lik ....
Hours of testimony by a former facebook manager to law makers in london. she said facebook was unquestionably making hate worse, adding that the firm s safety teams were under resources. our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones, has more. 7 matt under resourced. 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 who have very mainstream interests, and they push them towards extreme interests. you can be someone centre left, and you ....
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 . rory cellan jones reports. 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 ....
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 who have very mainstream interests, and they push them towards extreme interests. you can be someone centre left, and you ll get pushed to radical left. you can be centre right, and you ll get pushed to radical right. you can be looking for healthy recipes, you ll get pushed to anorexia content. she described how instagram facilitated bullying which would follow children home from school, ....