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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Haugen's testimony came after a few tumultuous weeks for Facebook. The whistleblower worked with The Wall Street Journal to expose Facebook's knowledge of the kind of harmful content on its platform can do to Facebook customers. Haugen then appeared on CBS News's 60 Minutes, where she disclosed her identity. Facebook has denied Haugen's claims earlier this week, but Mark Zuckerberg's voice was conspicuously absent.
The whistleblower offered Congress the same details about Facebook's profit-driven decisions that can impact the safety of Facebook and Instagram users. The whistleblower alleged that Facebook is deeply aware of the harm that results from the polarizing content on Facebook. Similarly, it knows how Instagram content can impact children. Yet Facebook isn't doing anything to change its algorithms that power the social networks. Altering the algorithms would impact Facebook's bottom line directly.
As the undisputed head of the company, who is in total control of everything that has to do with Facebook, Zuckerberg did not provide any official comments until Tuesday afternoon. He waited for Haugen to testify in front of Congress before issuing a reaction to the Facebook whistleblower.
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