{"id":850768,"date":"2021-10-05T23:14:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T03:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=850768"},"modified":"2021-10-05T23:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T03:14:51","slug":"facebook-whistleblower-testifies-before-senate-commerce-subcommittee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-before-senate-commerce-subcommittee\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook whistleblower testifies before Senate Commerce Subcommittee"},"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\">14<\/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-testifies-before-senate-commerce-subcommittee%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=850768&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 id=\"attachment_2540986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2540986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee at the Russell Senate Office Building on October 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:17 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, October 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on the impact Facebook had on young people. During a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, former Facebook Product Manager for Civil Misinformation Frances Haugen testified before the committee about the harmful effects the company had on adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacebook knew its products were harming teenagers,\u201d stated Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). \u201cFacebook exploited teens using powerful algorithms that amplified their insecurities and abuses through what it found was an addict\u2019s narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haugen explained the social network put profits over the health and safety of users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the moment which I realized we needed to get help from the outside, that the only way these problems would be solved is by solving them together and not solving them alone, was when civic integrity was dissolved following the 2020 election,\u201d she expressed. \u201cIt really felt like a betrayal of the promises that Facebook had made to people who had sacrificed a great deal to keep the election safe by basically dissolving our community and integrated into other parts of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The recent revelations about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Facebook<\/a>\u2019s mental health effects on children &amp; its plans to target younger audiences are disturbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They show how urgent it is for Congress to act against powerful tech companies on behalf of children &amp; the broader public.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorWicker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorWicker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oA6L1at7xb\">pic.twitter.com\/oA6L1at7xb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Commerce Republicans (@SenateCommerce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCommerce\/status\/1445449426021990405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haugen\u2019s testimony comes amid a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, which alleged the social media network was aware of the harmful effects it had on children. Haugen told lawmakers Facebook\u2019s algorithm could steer young users from something harmless, such as healthy recipes, to content promoting anorexia in just a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamp for young users, for all users, amplifies preferences and they have done something called a proactive incident response where they say they take things that they\u2019ve heard, for example, like can you be led by the algorithms to anorexia content?\u201d she stated. \u201cThey have literally recreated that experiment themselves and confirmed, yes, this happens to people. So Facebook knows that they are leading young users to anorexia content.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFacebook knows that they are leading young users to anorexia content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is what Frances Haugen told me about how Facebook\u2019s algorithms push pro-eating disorder content to teenage girls. We must put an end to this unacceptable behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lXOWBYgVCB\">pic.twitter.com\/lXOWBYgVCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Amy Klobuchar (@SenAmyKlobuchar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenAmyKlobuchar\/status\/1445495690805710848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former Facebook employee asserted CEO Mark Zuckerberg intentionally ignored proof of the platform\u2019s potentially harmful impact on users and no one had the power to hold him accountable. However, Zuckerberg has remained silent on Haugen\u2019s allegations while lawmakers called on him to come forward and take action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark Zuckerberg you need to come before this committee,\u201d Blumenthal asserted. \u201cYou need to explain to Frances Haugen, to us, to the world and to the parents of America what you are doing and why you did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Facebook\u2019s algorithms were reportedly in overdrive and seeking out anything that appeared to be bad content, took statements out of context and suspended users.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/scotus-hears-arguments-from-tenn-v-miss-water-dispute\/\">SCOTUS Hears Arguments From Tenn. V. Miss. Water Dispute<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen appears before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee at the Russell Senate Office Building on October 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. 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