Facebook is making online hate worse, Haugen tells Parliament

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Facebook is making online hate worse, Haugen tells Parliament
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Facebook is making online hate worse, Haugen tells Parliament

Facebook's internal culture "prioritises profitability over its impact on the wider world"

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee turned whistle-blower, told MPs that the social network is exacerbating online hate worldwide because its algorithms are designed to promote divisive cont...

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