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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Launches 'Beyond the Screen' Organisation to Tackle Social Media Harms
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Thursday announced the launch of a nonprofit organisation that aims to highlight harms caused by social media platforms, while providing solutions to those issues. Last year, Haugen leaked reams of internal studies showing executives knew of their site's potential for harm, and has maintained that the tech t...
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Instagram Aims to Launch Chronological Feed Option in 2022: Adam Mosseri
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he aims to launch next year a version of the app with a chronological feed, rather than one ranked algorithmically, in his first appearance before US Congress where he was grilled about children's safety online.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says She Wants To "Start A Youth Movement"
What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious: start a youth movement.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen 'Extremely Concerned' by Metaverse
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said she was "extremely concerned" about the company's plans to build a "metaverse" because of privacy problems.
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Facebook Whistleblower "Extremely Concerned" By Metaverse
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Wednesday said she was "extremely concerned" about the company's plans to build a "metaverse" -- a virtual reality version of the internet -- because of privacy problems.
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Meta, Formerly Facebook, Gives Estimate of Bullying, Harassment on Its Platforms for First Time
Meta, formerly Facebook, for the first time disclosed the prevalence of bullying and harassment on its platform, saying such content was seen between 14 and 15 times per every 10,000 views on the site in the third quarter.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Says Beefed Up EU Tech Rules Could Be Global Standard
Europe's draft rules requiring tech firms to do more to tackle illegal online content could become a global gold standard for a safer online world if they are beefed up, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told EU lawmakers.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Governments Must Check As Facebook Drops Face Recognition: Whistleblower
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Urges CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Step Down
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss Mark Zuckerberg to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand.
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Facebook Whistleblower Blasts Meta Rebrand, Urges Mark Zuckerberg To Step Down
In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss Mark Zuckerberg to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand.
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Mark Zuckerberg Lists Reasons For New Name "Meta"
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company's name is being changed to "Meta" to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Says She Is Financially Stable Because of Crypto
Frances Haugen recently made global headlines for claiming that Facebook consistently chose to maximise its growth rather than implement safeguards on its platforms even though they had identified these safeguards.
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'Facebook Papers' Hit as Platform Reports Over $9 Billion in Quarterly Profit
Facebook announced over $9 billion (roughly Rs. 67,550 crore) in quarterly profits, hours after a US news collective published a deluge of withering reports arguing the company prioritises its growth over people's safety.
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Facebook Knew About Abusive Content Globally but Failed to Police: Former Employees
Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to interviews with five former employees and internal company documents.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Launches 'Beyond the Screen' Organisation to Tackle Social Media Harms
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Thursday announced the launch of a nonprofit organisation that aims to highlight harms caused by social media platforms, while providing solutions to those issues. Last year, Haugen leaked reams of internal studies showing executives knew of their site's potential for harm, and has maintained that the tech t...
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Instagram Aims to Launch Chronological Feed Option in 2022: Adam Mosseri
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he aims to launch next year a version of the app with a chronological feed, rather than one ranked algorithmically, in his first appearance before US Congress where he was grilled about children's safety online.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says She Wants To "Start A Youth Movement"
What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is obvious: start a youth movement.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen 'Extremely Concerned' by Metaverse
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said she was "extremely concerned" about the company's plans to build a "metaverse" because of privacy problems.
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Facebook Whistleblower "Extremely Concerned" By Metaverse
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Wednesday said she was "extremely concerned" about the company's plans to build a "metaverse" -- a virtual reality version of the internet -- because of privacy problems.
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Meta, Formerly Facebook, Gives Estimate of Bullying, Harassment on Its Platforms for First Time
Meta, formerly Facebook, for the first time disclosed the prevalence of bullying and harassment on its platform, saying such content was seen between 14 and 15 times per every 10,000 views on the site in the third quarter.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Says Beefed Up EU Tech Rules Could Be Global Standard
Europe's draft rules requiring tech firms to do more to tackle illegal online content could become a global gold standard for a safer online world if they are beefed up, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told EU lawmakers.
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Facebook Whistleblower Says Governments Must Check if Company Really Does Scrap Face Recognition
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Governments Must Check As Facebook Drops Face Recognition: Whistleblower
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen welcomed Facebook's announcement that it would scrap facial recognition, but urged close government oversight of the move to ensure the social network lived up to its pledge.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Urges CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Step Down
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss Mark Zuckerberg to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand.
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Facebook Whistleblower Blasts Meta Rebrand, Urges Mark Zuckerberg To Step Down
In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss Mark Zuckerberg to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand.
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Mark Zuckerberg Lists Reasons For New Name "Meta"
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company's name is being changed to "Meta" to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Says She Is Financially Stable Because of Crypto
Frances Haugen recently made global headlines for claiming that Facebook consistently chose to maximise its growth rather than implement safeguards on its platforms even though they had identified these safeguards.
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'Facebook Papers' Hit as Platform Reports Over $9 Billion in Quarterly Profit
Facebook announced over $9 billion (roughly Rs. 67,550 crore) in quarterly profits, hours after a US news collective published a deluge of withering reports arguing the company prioritises its growth over people's safety.
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Facebook Knew About Abusive Content Globally but Failed to Police: Former Employees
Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to interviews with five former employees and internal company documents.
