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What the Facebook Whistleblower Reveals about Social Media and Conflict
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen’s recent testimony before the U.S. Senate reasserted the platform’s role in propagating misinformation that feeds conflict offline.
Facebook should do more to reduce the spread of harmful content by revamping its moderation capacities and modifying its algorithm.
- Jane Esberg
- ICG
The U.S. Senate recently heard testimony from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who left the company’s civic integrity team with a trove of documents that she delivered to the Wall Street Journal.
The leaked documents and her testimony support what many, including Crisis Group, have reported – that Facebook has exacerbated conflict in a…