Title

Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company

Summary

This New York Times article reports on former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen’s testimony before a Senate subcommittee, where she revealed how Facebook deliberately kept users, including children, hooked to its platform, even using harmful content to drive engagement. Haugen exposed that Facebook hid research showing its negative impact on teenagers’ mental health and ignored opportunities to make its platforms safer. Her testimony has fueled calls for more stringent regulation of the social media giant, as she provided lawmakers with insights and recommendations on what data to seek from Facebook.

 

َAuthor

Kang, C.

Year

2021

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Fake information and Social media

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Source

Place Published

Publisher

Journal

DOI

URL

APA 7th End Text Citation

Kang, C. (2021, 5 Oct). Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company – The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistle-blower-hearing.html