{"id":849735,"date":"2021-10-05T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=849735"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:59:15","slug":"facebook-whistleblower-calls-for-more-regulation-of-social-media-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-whistleblower-calls-for-more-regulation-of-social-media-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Whistleblower Calls for More Regulation of Social Media Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebook-whistleblower-calls-for-more-regulation-of-social-media-companies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=849735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"31.495440729483\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Frances Haugen says the company ignores misinformation, harm to kids<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-736x504-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-736x504.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-2048x1403.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-1400x959.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235715438-717x491.jpg 717w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tFrances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee. (Photo by Matt McClain-Pool\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 October 5, 2021 4:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"96.346818923328\">\n<p>Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen called for increased regulation of social media Tuesday, telling senators that the company &#8220;cannot adequately identify dangerous content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Haugen called for reforming Section 230, a federal law that protects social media companies from liability for user content. Haugen, who leaked a trove of internal Facebook documents to the <em>Wall Street Journal, <\/em>said eliminating those protections would &#8220;make Facebook responsible for the consequences of its [content moderation strategies].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her testimony is the latest public setback Facebook has suffered in recent weeks. CEO Mark Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-04\/zuckerberg-loses-7-billion-in-hours-as-facebook-plunges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost<\/a> $7 billion in a single day after Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/facebook-instagram-suffer-widespread-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crashed<\/a> on Monday. Since the <em>Journal <\/em>began reporting on documents leaked by Haugen, lawmakers have slammed Facebook for suppressing research that showed its products are harmful for children.<\/p>\n<p>Haugen testified that Facebook is incentivized to make &#8220;children establish habits before they have good self regulation.&#8221; She cited a document showing problematic use of Facebook peaked at 14 years old, and that kids explicitly say they feel bad when they use Instagram but can\u2019t stop. Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) presented ads Facebook had approved but never run that encouraged kids to take prescription drugs at parties and practice anorexic behaviors. The Tech Transparency Project, a tech accountability nonprofit, submitted the ads to test Facebook&#8217;s ad-approval process.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook representatives attacked Haugen on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joeosborne\/status\/1445445662867288069?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> she &#8220;worked for the company for less than two years, had no direct reports, [and] never attended a decision-point meeting with C-level executives.&#8221; They also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andymstone\/status\/1445403468945055755?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Haugen did not directly work on child safety issues while at Facebook. They did not attempt to rebut the documents Haugen accessed that show the platform&#8217;s harm to children.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Congress last week, Facebook executive Antigone Davis claimed the company does not actively market to kids. But internal memos show Facebook is working to attract children and teens as the platform\u2019s popularity wanes among young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bHaugen also said she was speaking to members of Congress about Facebook\u2019s knowledge that China, Iran, and other state actors were using the platform to surveil political opponents and other states.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Haugen endorsed a number of Democratic proposals, including a bill from Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) that would create governmental bodies to police algorithms. In an exchange with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.), she said Facebook ignores misinformation on its platform in order to drive traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/top-democratic-operative-bill-burton-advising-facebook-whistleblower\/\">reported<\/a> on Monday that Haugen is receiving strategic communications guidance from a top Democratic operative, former Obama administration deputy press secretary Bill Burton. Burton has called for stricter government regulation of content allowed on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Frances Haugen says the company ignores misinformation, harm to kids  Frances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee. 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