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Tech's 2021: The Facebook Papers

Mark Zuckerberg's social media company ends the year embroiled in controversy once again. Former employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen shared internal documents suggesting Facebook knew about the damage it was causing on people's mental health and on society as a whole, but did little to stop it. The so-called "Facebook Papers" presented an eye-opening look inside the Silicon Valley company, especially as it sets sights on dominating the metaverse.

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Tech's 2021: The Facebook Papers
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    Chronicling Frances Haugen's Revealations About Facebook

    Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation
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    Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation

    Her name is Frances Haugen. That is a fact that Facebook has been anxious to know since last month when an anonymous former employee filed complaints …

    ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’
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    ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’

    Thousands of pages of internal documents offer the clearest picture yet of how Facebook endangers American democracy—and show that the company’s own employees know it. Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very …

    Further Reading on the Facebook Papers

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