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The staccato pace of these stories feels like the dam is about to break. If you haven’t read @RMac18 @sheeraf’s reporting on Project Amplify, do it now. Desperate times apparently call for ethical lapses like pumping pro-Facebook stories into the Newsfeed: https://t.co/cZnZeIDhhY https://t.co/byAxJNZ9FR
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) September 23, 2021
On the question about Instagram contributing to teen suicide rates, prompted by the WSJ investigation last week, Zuckerberg passed to IG head Adam Mosseri, who denied that IG is toxic for teen girls, according to one person in the meeting.
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 23, 2021
The WSJ’s Facebook source is in close touch with lawmakers and plans to reveal themselves “at some point down the line.” https://t.co/vYrEqI3lUP
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) September 23, 2021
Countdown to the book deal announcement… https://t.co/rI5Fc9yJAa
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) September 23, 2021
For all followers today:
— Platformer (@platformer) September 23, 2021
- Why these Facebook research scandals are different
- How the company found itself in its biggest crisis since Cambridge Analytica
- Good tweet about IKEAhttps://t.co/rbKLc6JnSn pic.twitter.com/OHViP4sohp
NEW: Facebook plans to send global head of safety Antigone Davis to testify before the Senate as lawmakers probe a whistleblower's revelations
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) September 23, 2021
And the whistleblower has told lawmakers they plan to soon go public. Today's Tech 202: https://t.co/DHyx0VIbBR
I think the recent WSJ series and ancillary reporting had been the biggest crisis for Facebook since Cambridge Analytica.
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) September 23, 2021
I wrote about what it means to use the News Feed for corporate PR https://t.co/e1Qh0dODsL
Will be interesting to see the reaction to the whistleblower if they end up only working with one party in Congress, though… Unclear from this if Blackburn is the one who went public, or the primary contact https://t.co/XYzFzU1z5h
— Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) September 23, 2021
'But what if it did the reverse? What if it invested dramatically more in research, and publicly pressured its peers to join it?' @CaseyNewton is right. Imagine if @facebook leaned into its power and opened up to using it for good? https://t.co/UVatyn0ON6
— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) September 23, 2021
It's worth noting that neither Zuckerberg nor Mosseri will be testifying in a Senate hearing next week about the very topic of kids and safety on Instagram. Instead, Facebook is sending its global head of safety, Antigone Davis. https://t.co/lQAIuPkBzz
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 23, 2021
Facebooks need for internal propaganda is not unlike the CCP. An autocratic leader with a small band of syncophatic directors trying to control the messages their people receive; worried that any disturbance of the party-line narrative will cause an uprising. It's difficult
— Philipp Markolin, PhD (@PhilippMarkolin) September 23, 2021
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I’d love it if you’re right, @CaseyNewton.
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) September 23, 2021
“Most Facebook scandals come and go. But this one feels different than Facebook scandals of the past, because it has been led by Facebook’s own workforce.” https://t.co/LTzOww2KoU
Facebook whistleblower might go public https://t.co/UrQ2nyiT4I pic.twitter.com/QlQzI1RD4H
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) September 23, 2021
'Facebook can’t rebuild trust with the larger world through blog posts and tweet storms. But it could start by helping us understand its effects on human behavior, politics, and society.' @CaseyNewton https://t.co/UVatyn0ON6
— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) September 23, 2021
"Why these Facebook research scandals are different" by @CaseyNewton https://t.co/nD14YtzWLe - this very much resonates with the demand for "platform observability" @achdujeh and I made some time ago here: https://t.co/fmTZ9JTfzC pic.twitter.com/xb0ktqAGHF
— Bernhard Rieder (@RiederB) September 23, 2021
entire thread. we've seen facebook shut down research access to academics in the past month, we've seen them shut down Congress's access, even learned they shut down their auditors. But now they won't allow employees either. Instead just saying it was cherry-picked. https://t.co/dOvOldPWJh
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 23, 2021
Today in research transparency—will Facebook allow its own employees to see Facebook's own research on the impact of the products those employees work on?
— J. Nathan Matias (@natematias) September 23, 2021
??♂️ https://t.co/zLG6uHZ5iW
It leaked. https://t.co/Fg8vuvtAsy pic.twitter.com/bGqpdlLxQO
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 21, 2021
"Most Facebook scandals come and go. But this one feels different than Facebook scandals of the past, because it has been led by Facebook’s own workforce."
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) September 23, 2021
-- @CaseyNewton:https://t.co/FhJzOnajFJ
Senators are also calling on YouTube & Snap to testify, according to Blackburn
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) September 23, 2021
YouTube is "actively working with the Subcommittee" on a date to appear, per a spox
"Other social media companies have committed to appear at other hearings soon to be scheduled," Blumenthal said
Image: https://t.co/WMk1FLW6zV
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) September 23, 2021
worth a read.
Facebook's PR crisis is gathering momentum https://t.co/WMk1FLEvIn
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) September 23, 2021
Facebook has confirmed its global head of safety will testify before the Senate next week, following the WSJ report about the company's internal research finding negative effects of Instagram on teens' mental healthhttps://t.co/u1z7kpwGvS
— Lauren Feiner (@lauren_feiner) September 23, 2021
Facebook exec will testify at Senate hearing after report finds Instagram harms teen mental health https://t.co/5xWSg0qdMX
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 23, 2021
Antigone Davis is the Facebook rep testifying before Congress next week. It can’t be long before Zuckerberg is compelled to testify again though? https://t.co/UrQ2nyAtWg
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) September 23, 2021
It's worth noting that neither Zuckerberg nor Mosseri will be testifying in a Senate hearing next week about the very topic of kids and safety on Instagram. Instead, Facebook is sending its global head of safety, Antigone Davis. https://t.co/lQAIuPkBzz
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 23, 2021
Whistleblower behind 'Facebook files' will reveal identity, cooperate with Congress: source https://t.co/uNOpJhM6eL #FoxBusiness
— American Girl ? (@Yolo304741) September 23, 2021