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There are kernels of truth in most of these stories about Facebook suffering some form of decline among some group. But the company's social graph is so vast, its data trove so rich, its resources so deep, that it can surmount each setback and emerge stronger than ever.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) October 4, 2021
As Haugen eloquently made her case tonight, I kept thinking: we have countless politicians—just in this country—who win elections by being polarizing. Divide and conquer is their strategy. She wants Congress to stop Facebook from allowing that. What’s in it for Congress?
— Amir Efrati (@amir) October 4, 2021
Lead
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) October 4, 2021
Asbestos
Nicotine
Arsenic
Formaldehyde
They all can kill.
They’re all regulated.
Except Facebook & Instagram.
It’s time to hold social media companies accountable for the harm they cause!#StopDeathForProfit https://t.co/BjsfROgZi3
Frances Haugen is an American hero. We all owe her a debt of thanks and a shout out to @ScottPelley and the entire @60Minutes production and editorial team for composing this piece so artfully and compellingly. Haugen’s information is simply damning and its breadth extraordinary! https://t.co/cmuyRrEJfm
— Lou Paskalis ?? (@LouPas) October 4, 2021
2) “Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, there will be less ads and less money”.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 4, 2021
I think this could be a watershed “Panama Papers moment” for our generation to demand accountability. https://t.co/6FnCeLorSX
"We had a joke inside of Civic Integrity, that if you wanted to know what the next batch of At-Risk Countries was going to be, all you had to do was look two years in the past at what the Facebook Connectivity countries were, and that's what they were going to be."
— Newley Purnell (@newley) October 4, 2021
Important interview with whistleblower Frances Haugen for @60Minutes highlighting how Facebook puts profits before harm. This month she will also give evidence about this to the Joint Committee on the Online Safety Bill @OnlineSafetyCom https://t.co/HXqg5xdWZu
— Damian Collins (@DamianCollins) October 4, 2021
“Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. She believes the federal government should impose regulations and plans to testify before Congress this week. https://t.co/YoKIyorZzu pic.twitter.com/RWlk9QOwZu
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 3, 2021
@franceshaugen_: "When we live in an information environment that is full of angry, hateful, polarizing content it erodes our civic trust, it erodes our faith in each other, it erodes our ability to want to care for each other..." https://t.co/fZz5obPg5g
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 4, 2021
1. I do believe the social platforms underperform their responsibilities in several key areas & am glad Frances Haugen is raising these issues
— ???☕️ (@hunterwalk) October 4, 2021
2. The WSJ whistleblower story has 43 advertising & analytics trackers pic.twitter.com/pst3kzkYQ9
No one is surprised Facebook knew it was amplifying disinformation and incitement. But I am very excited to have this much internal evidence upon which we may consider proper regulatory steps to correct course. I’ll be live tweeting my thoughts here about @60Minutes 1/
— Nora Benavidez (@AttorneyNora) October 3, 2021
Of note: While news outlets highlight the comments made by the Facebook whistleblower relating to January 6, Fox is avoiding mentioning them in its coverage.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 4, 2021
“Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they'll click on less ads, they'll make less money,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://t.co/wbxxfgorNE pic.twitter.com/zpQIwcdatr
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 3, 2021
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 4, 2021
WHERE IS MARK ZUCKERBERG? pic.twitter.com/uuejsr76vq
— Ivan the K™ ? (@IvanTheK) October 4, 2021
The 60 Minutes “overtime” is really good — Frances just walks through her thinking on a few different subjects. Highly recommend a watch, especially the impact in poorer countries. https://t.co/w7HBS9jA0m
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) October 4, 2021
I've been covering Facebook for a decade. The idea that Facebook is weakening, that it's vulnerable, that it has lost the teens, has cropped up almost every year throughout its history. It has turned out to be wrong every time so far.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) October 4, 2021
I left Facebook over concerns that the company was ignoring and underinvesting in researching the impact of their products. I became convinced that these products accelerate polarization of all kinds incliding race. Thanks @FrancesHaugen_ for bringing Facebook's problems to light https://t.co/GcgcX0jSz3
— Brian Boland ? (@brianboland) October 4, 2021
Sure, go ahead and #DeleteFacebook. But really, we need to delete surveillance capitalism. We do that by demanding lawmakers in DC finally pass real data privacy legislation, eradicating Facebook's business model of harvesting our data & using it to algorithmically manipulate us.
— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) October 4, 2021
Meet @franceshaugen_, who I’ve been calling “Sean” for the past ten months. She's smart, gutsy and very knowledgeable about Facebook. She’s also the key source for the WSJ’s Facebook Files project.
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) October 3, 2021
Frances will be speaking for herself from here on out.
I wrote about the Facebook Files, which exposed — among other things — how much trouble Facebook is in with the users it actually wants. https://t.co/ZeEFZxS4XR
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 4, 2021
...make the safety systems for that language as it did to make English or French. Each new language costs more money but there's fewer and fewer customers. So the economics just doesn't make sense for Facebook to be safe in a lot of these parts in the world."
— Newley Purnell (@newley) October 4, 2021
Again @nickclegg is making a false assertion that few do, which is that Facebook is responsible for Jan. 6: “The responsibility for the violence on Jan. 6 & the insurrection on that day lies squarely with the people who inflicted the violence … https://t.co/5wNWKjk1SP
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) October 4, 2021
(2/3) Now I could go to jail for the rest of my life, and my nation goes to presidential elections in May 2022 with no guarantee of integrity of the vote because of the insidious mass manipulations the platform allows. These revelations only verify what we have long known.
— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) October 4, 2021
(1/3) We called out Facebook’s excesses in 2016, comparing Mark Zuckerberg to Rodrigo Duterte and demanding an end to impunity. We presented the data from the Philippines, which whistleblower Christopher Wylie called ‘the Petri dish’ and which Facebook called ‘ground zero’.
— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) October 4, 2021
Completely agree w this @kevinroose take that we overestimate fb's enduring danger when the greatest & actually quite likely to eventuate threat is that ... people abandon it
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) October 4, 2021
But: maybe not true overseas, and fb is more than just the blue apphttps://t.co/nGoZ4P95kt pic.twitter.com/GiIeRvmlRR
One of the interesting things about the latest Facebook scandal is Zuckerberg’s decision not to address it — reportedly as a strategy to distance himself from the scandal.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 4, 2021
Does he think people will forget he is the CEO and maintains complete control over the company?
We did not disband Civic Integrity. We integrated it into a larger Central Integrity team so that the incredible work pioneered for elections could be applied even further, for example across health related issues. Their work continues to this day.
— Guy Rosen (@guyro) October 4, 2021
Facebook is "going to increasingly extreme lengths to improve its toxic image, and to stop users from abandoning its apps in favor of more compelling alternatives." https://t.co/FTwur078Eb
— Carlos Tejada (@CRTejada) October 4, 2021
Together we can create social media that brings out the best in us. We solve problems together - we don’t solve them alone.
— Frances Haugen (@FrancesHaugen) October 4, 2021
What do you do if you're Mark Zuckerberg and a Facebook whistleblower is about to go public detailing your company's role in spreading election lies ahead of Jan 6?
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 3, 2021
You post video of your family sailing. pic.twitter.com/3f2XdY73MQ
“Virtually any of Facebook’s more than 60,000 employees could have accessed the same documents,” the Facebook whistleblower says of the documents she leaked. https://t.co/mEkqEwYfiG
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 4, 2021
Here’s @DamianCollins confirming she’ll be giving evidence to his new joint committee on online safety bill later this month https://t.co/N7qIngdoe3
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 4, 2021
Bravery, personified. https://t.co/AvfIquxwm2
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) October 4, 2021
I believe that we can do better.
— Frances Haugen (@FrancesHaugen) October 4, 2021
Notably absent in Facebook's 750 word response to @haugenfrances appearance on 60 Minutes:
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 4, 2021
Why the company shut down its "civic integrity" team after the election (but before the insurrection).
Here is what Haugen told @60Minutes about that: pic.twitter.com/99R4ID5tzE
More details in @nytimes about the SEC complaints she’s filed.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 4, 2021
Serious allegations of deceptive practices…though they seem somewhat unusual for SEC filings? But maybe others know better..https://t.co/bA0DQLnnJg
Love to see it. Facebook whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_ tells @WSJ the way to reduce harm is a radical change to the company’s business model: ending algorithmic amplification that’s maximized for engagement—not eliminating S 230. This is in line with many experts & rights orgs pic.twitter.com/BBnr4KZcMM
— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) October 4, 2021
An honest (if utterly soul-crushing) analysis of facebook's moral universe from @kevinroose: human rights abuses facilitated by Facebook might kill *people*, but they won't kill Facebook. Only American teens (and the advertisers who love them) can do that. https://t.co/29hKCy23Qm pic.twitter.com/XmolzMxCX9
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) October 4, 2021
These algorithms are bloodless calculations. They have no heart or values. But when they traffic in hate and disinformation for profit, radicalizing extremists, they are as dangerous to our democracy as any terrorist.https://t.co/cmEZUCijvB
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 4, 2021
But the past few weeks have demonstrated the core dynamics of the FB debate in the US. Serious and urgent harms against human rights and democracy in the Global South included in the WSJ's investigation have been wholly overshadowed by the Instagram eating disorder issue.
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) October 4, 2021
Some details about Frances Haugen:
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 4, 2021
-She doesn't believe breaking up FB is the way to fix the co, which is why she hasn't shared docs w/ FTC
-Several state AG's have subsets of the documents
-She has had discussions with various Euro lawmakershttps://t.co/Irs5PwnHVS pic.twitter.com/73Ydtla8PU
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen writes on her website: "During her time at Facebook, Frances became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company makes prioritizing their own profits over public safety — putting people's lives at risk."https://t.co/z2kSvnyDFv
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) October 3, 2021
In addition to her testimony tomorrow before the Senate, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to testify to UK parliament in the coming weeks: https://t.co/ooioIlNRHi
— Alexandra S. Levine (@Ali_Lev) October 4, 2021
"It can simultaneously be true that Facebook is in decline and that it is still one of the most influential companies in history, with the ability to shape politics and culture all over the globe."https://t.co/jROobsB5KG
— luis antónio santos (@luissantos) October 4, 2021
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says political parties have been quoted in Facebook’s own research saying they know Facebook changed its algorithm and “now if [they] don't publish angry, hateful, polarizing… content,” there’s less engagement. https://t.co/XKKBhxZZ36 pic.twitter.com/tvSmVIJfWT
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 4, 2021
Agree with all of this. Facebook is the home of angry Gen Xers and Boomers. Young people ignore it, and are increasingly abandoning even Instagram for tiktok. Everything the company does should be viewed through this framework: it’s a company in decline. https://t.co/aFtdssYFPf
— abolish the filibuster (@onekade) October 4, 2021
Will you release all the Facebook research? Asks @brianstelter
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 3, 2021
And the answer is …. No
Mark Zuckerberg was so upset, he learned a second facial expression. https://t.co/hR3ec9tdAw
— Late Night with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) October 4, 2021
for the little it's worth, i think fb has a lot of work to do and needs to take more responsibility for its role, like all social media. but in the misinfo conversation more generally Online, we under-index on individual responsibility. or the role of many other institutions.
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) October 3, 2021
It's incredible that Mark Zuckerberg hasn't addressed the Whistleblower's damning reveals. When there is a crisis - plane crash, product defect - a CEO always addresses employees and the public. Where is Zuckerberg?
— Cecilia Kang (@ceciliakang) October 4, 2021
The Boy Kings should be selling thousands of copies everytime there’s another Facebook whistleblower or major story in the news. A smart publisher would be looking to reissue a 10th anniversary edition.
— joanne mcneil (@jomc) October 3, 2021
The same way security was dispersed across Facebook after the Russian election interference came to light (with no new CISO ever hired) and the Crowdtangle team was dispersed after 2020 elections (with a lot of support cut off)?
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) October 4, 2021
the @60minutes piece was devastating for $FB
— jason@calacanis.com (@Jason) October 4, 2021
expect investigations, resignations, & stock annihilation over the coming weeks/months
Complete confirmation of everything we expected: their greed & lust for growth built a Frankenstein they can’t control.
Lots of interesting stuff here about the Facebook whistleblower; her LinkedIn says she was also the technical co-founder of Hinge https://t.co/AyayD1prrs
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 3, 2021
Also I wonder if Facebook realized what hell it was about to unleash last December when it dissolved @samidh’s civic integrity team. Upsetting hundreds of articulate, civic-minded professionals who were armed with some of the most damning data Facebook had ever produced
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) October 4, 2021
Smart @kevinroose column that made me wonder: What if Facebook hadn't bought Instagram?
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 4, 2021
Would Facebook today be the equivalent of a musty old enterprise software company: Big, rich and slowly drifting into irrelevance?https://t.co/WMDxBjNEDP
NEW: The Facebook whistleblower who’s been leaking to @WSJ emerged last night.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 4, 2021
She’s filed 8 complaints with SEC.
Has given evidence to 5 state attorney generals.
Is set to testify to UK parliament.
And says ‘Facebook should declare moral bankruptcy’
pic.twitter.com/Y6It0qABkC
This is not to say that the Instagram mental health issues aren't important. They are. But it is frustrating to see Facebook's cynical dismissal of the value of the 90% fo its users who don't live in the US be fully justified by the behavior of US politicians and press.
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) October 4, 2021
I have no idea (obviously) of the truth of this. But a challenge when any mid-level employee tells you their view of what happened is that you don’t know what meetings they weren’t in, what documents they didn’t leak, and what org they didn’t know about https://t.co/52VXqb4YqA
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) October 4, 2021
One interesting insight from FB whistleblower @FrancesHaugen_’s interview last night was her relaying a comment from an EU politician about how optimizing for Facebook’s algorithms was causing political leaders to take more partisan positions. That’s the populist feedback loop.
— Kate Starbird (@katestarbird) October 4, 2021
Is Facebook secretly weak and on the decline?
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) October 4, 2021
This @kevinroose piece is smart and well-argued, but I think also most likely wrong. https://t.co/yUSIWN8j9m
Because it’s going to get a lot worse. PR tip: 60 Minutes has a significantly larger audience (10mm+) than anything so far and will tease hearing. In addition, there are larger problems all coming at the same time. I’ll list them in no particular order: https://t.co/2YLIT3xWaB
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) October 2, 2021
Facebook/Instagram are both down globally after the #60Minutes segment with employee & whistle blower Frances Haugen who stated that #Facebook turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation in a moneymaking move that contributed to the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol
— Suchitra Vijayan (@suchitrav) October 4, 2021
Like so many, I was deeply moved by Frances, who proved courageous, credible, & compelling on 60 Minutes. From her first visit with my office, I’ve admired her backbone & bravery in revealing terrible truths about one of the world’s most powerful, implacable corporate giants. https://t.co/cJCFZZdpbr
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) October 4, 2021
The end point of this stuff, as @evelyndouek and I have pointed out, is Jan 6 defendants arguing in court that Facebook is to blame for their actionshttps://t.co/koiPRDWhYm
— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) October 3, 2021
Facebook has "blamed" their own researchers for negative press
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) October 3, 2021
Jeff Horwitz, technology reporter, The Wall Street Journal, talks about the mood inside of Facebook after reporting that shows the company was aware of negative effects from their products.https://t.co/3HHHdDKLg8 pic.twitter.com/42cfHppHQH
Watching Nick Clegg talk to @brianstelter this morning makes it profoundly obvious Facebook still has not realized the only product it actually makes is content moderation.
— nilay patel (@reckless) October 3, 2021
Everything else is a mechanism to convince *other people* to make content.
This growth in average revenue per user, though. Facebook is very, very, very good at making money.
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) October 4, 2021
(And that is, at least in part, because its ads get results.) pic.twitter.com/EhdR1T2We4
STATEMENT FROM RFOB FOLLOWING WHISTLEBLOWER ON 60 MINUTES ⬇️⬇️⬇️https://t.co/94xujssEmM pic.twitter.com/EfZk9Iex4a
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) October 3, 2021
STATEMENT FROM RFOB:https://t.co/94xujssEmM
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) October 3, 2021
(2/3) Statement from the Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight https://t.co/43dpD8ciUP
— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) October 4, 2021
.@freepress & @freepressaction statement here: https://t.co/qiUG9PFDK1
— Jessica González (@JGo4Justice) October 4, 2021
“The Facebook whistleblower turned evidence of this gross negligence over to the government at great personal risk, and now we need the government to respond with decisive action to hold the company responsible for protecting public safety." @JGo4Justice https://t.co/tyf5qUsLV0
— Tim Karr (@TimKarr) October 4, 2021
(3/3) Statement from @freepress https://t.co/lOZ8YT2OlR
— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) October 4, 2021
Facebook shares drop almost 5% after major site outage and whistleblower interview https://t.co/szVbjCCHGe
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 4, 2021
Zou dit iets hebben te maken met #facebookdown nu?
— Bart | #IkWeiger (@BartNijman) October 4, 2021
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen https://t.co/AJa58XdY1h
No! Facebook lying? Unbelievable! https://t.co/e1Ykvo3IfI
— José Luis Martí (@jlmarti2025) October 4, 2021
You think? RT Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen https://t.co/wm4EApWoCZ
— Rod Mickleburgh (@rodmickleburgh) October 4, 2021
First I imagined #Zuck having the biggest meltdown ever over lost revenue but then cynically wondered if he caused this outage himself because of this #Whistleblower article that was tending earlier??? #whatsappdown #instagramdown #facebookwhistleblower https://t.co/qLDW2o2JdD
— Stephen Robert Morse??? (@morsels) October 4, 2021
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen https://t.co/TRk3oMm5lH
— craignicol ? ?? (@craignicol) October 4, 2021
#Facebook is supertoxic ?
— ＧΛËＬ ＤＵＶΛＬ (@gael_duval) October 4, 2021
"Internal papers show firm is lying about making progress against hate, violence and misinformation"https://t.co/DAm7paAio0
Wonder if it’s a coincidence...?https://t.co/h82fkE0IvU
— Thomas??? (@TPRThomas07) October 4, 2021
LETS'S SAY IT TOGETHER: CORPORATIONS DO NOT EXIST TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. #facebookwhistleblower https://t.co/FSOhO8o0JB
— #GeneralStrike (@OccupyWallStNYC) October 4, 2021
しかも同居人によると、今日なぜかイギリスでfacebookの内部告発者の記事が話題になってたということで何か関係しているのでは、と思ってしまう...https://t.co/FWddWDr7mW
— ™/ロンドン??で生きる (@tana_mizu_) October 4, 2021
See here.https://t.co/h7exss9FVR
— κοя .† (@K0r__) October 4, 2021
Today a former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen, has said the platform fueled violence around the Capitol Hill insurrection on January 6th
— Avaaz (@Avaaz) October 4, 2021
We released a report in March and our conclusions were right!https://t.co/LaEZeSVC9O
Assuming what @FrancesHaugen_ said about @Facebook is true (and I think most of us have experienced first hand the outrage machine she describes), then democracies need to do more to regulate social media. Clearly Facebook isn't going to curb itself. https://t.co/q6QGOhqsRo
— Adam Dooley (@adamdooley) October 4, 2021
Frances Haugen: @Facebook whistleblower reveals identity.
— Jo Stevens (@JoStevensLabour) October 4, 2021
"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.
Facebook over and over again chose to optimise for its own interests, like making more money." https://t.co/hkj4uWTXgO
.@Facebook whistleblower - is a woman!
— Prof. Mary Aiken (@maryCyPsy) October 4, 2021
?KUDOS TO YOU FRANCES ?
I know I am biased but if more women were involved in #Cyberspace it would be a kinder, fairer & more nurturing environment @tweetinjules @OxfordDiplomat @Paul_Tweed @AMTomchak #SafetyTechhttps://t.co/IYvFvekCFH
Probably something to do with this https://t.co/g5ALr4DUEY
— ApoplecticMama (@SeaGrapeDreams) October 4, 2021
respect to this lady, but Facebook should definitely be killed https://t.co/LCctCYowvO
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) October 4, 2021
We owe a debt of gratitude to @FrancesHaugen_ for giving the public access to these documents. Now, it's time for Facebook to step up and do the same with *all* of its internal research. https://t.co/pbVFnZmf0q
— Fairplay (@fairplayforkids) October 4, 2021
Ex-Facebook PM Frances Haugen comes forward as a key source behind Facebook Files, says she became increasingly alarmed by how profits came before public safety https://t.co/qPUxGO96Cc
— Liberation Technology (@Liberationtech) October 4, 2021
"What's super tragic is Facebook's own research says as these young women begin to consume this eating-disorder content they get more and more depressed, and it actually makes them use the app more," @FrancesHaugen_ https://t.co/VrS2dPK1IH
— issie lapowsky (@issielapowsky) October 4, 2021
NEW from @issielapowsky in @protocol
— Megan Morrone (@meganmorrone) October 3, 2021
Frances Haugen reveals herself as the Facebook whistleblower https://t.co/eLl0acGZyX
“Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests.”
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) October 4, 2021
Frances Haugen came out publicly as the Facebook whistleblower whose revelations prompted investigations and hearings about the social network’s harmful effects on younger users. https://t.co/Svn4JIwYxv
“Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests.”
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) October 4, 2021
Frances Haugen came out publicly as the Facebook whistleblower whose revelations prompted investigations and hearings about the social network’s harmful effects on younger users. https://t.co/B14V3CvNxl
Facebook whistleblower comes forward, talks about how Facebook is designed to get you angry and say stupid things.
— Alex Morash (@AlexMorash) October 4, 2021
It looks so bad, I’m not even sure if we can view users actions as their own or completely Facebook driven manipulation.https://t.co/fYlxGz2RLd
Facebook whistleblower reveals herself, condemns company as dangerous https://t.co/p8NoBy6Zst
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) October 4, 2021
Hectic. Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview https://t.co/ZlHfdCjbBj
— Nzinga Qunta (@NzingaQ) October 4, 2021
Facebook and all its apps are down hours after this whistleblower interview is aired. #MustWatch https://t.co/VoniqMJ11z
— Ragamalika (@rgmlk) October 4, 2021
MUST WATCH!!!
— ElBluemountain Am echad belev echad (@EBluemountain1) October 4, 2021
Coincidence? The brave Frances Haugan comes out in public last night and FB goes down. Time for a serious reset.
She speaks of FB do not kid yourself that this does not apply to all social media platformshttps://t.co/NSg1m1mnGt
Encourage people to listen to this: https://t.co/hjZET3IJST
— Jeremy Elliott (@SprintCarUnl) October 4, 2021
Good stuff from 60 Minutes, as usual. Funny that Facebook is down today.
this is less than 15 minutes of your time - watch it and then send it to your relative that has gone crazy https://t.co/seYu6raDtp
— Matt Maher (@mattmahermusic) October 4, 2021
While you wait for Facebook to restore service, spend some minutes watching the 60 Minutes interview with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.https://t.co/jVFDReJoFn
— Per Thorsheim (@thorsheim) October 4, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview https://t.co/NlcegHg5Al via @YouTube
— Clavelli (@clavelli35) October 4, 2021
FB Whistleblower! https://t.co/nIp4eegFVD
— Amy ???? (@amy_deedee) October 4, 2021
This Facebook whistleblower interview from yesterday is pretty damning ? No wonder Facebook got nut punched today ? https://t.co/eYQjm1rw5b
— Barnacules Nerdgasm (@Barnacules) October 4, 2021
Between this and the nurses who have been fired due to vaccine mandates, we should have a great month of whistleblowing!
— Dr. Liam Schubel (@LiamSchubel) October 4, 2021
Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says - The New York Times https://t.co/cSdLyGCL0u
“Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer, have been briefed on the responses and have approved them, but have remained behind the scenes to distance themselves from the negative press”
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 3, 2021
Garbage company https://t.co/lLYpeehwDb
Regulate social media now: Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says - The New York Times https://t.co/20Sbna4vJ6
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) October 3, 2021
#Facebook whistleblower to appear on @60Minutes
— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) October 3, 2021
Rapid polarization directly correlates to 2018 News Feed changes, rewarding interactions that provoked rage
via @MikeIsaac https://t.co/UZBoVOUkFp pic.twitter.com/mRLEVsFTuM
Facebook, they’re not just spreading disinformation about the vaccine they’re also involved in the insurrection. https://t.co/mZnwUAla1I
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 3, 2021
Facebook is out running interference ahead of interview. Nick Clegg is on manoeuvres. Because this is serious.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 3, 2021
So many civil society groups - including & esp @FBoversight - were involved in strenuous attempts to get FB to take action ahead of US electionhttps://t.co/q03hSDaTOX
Facebook tried to pre-empt an interview on tonight's #60Minutes, but was unsuccessful. This is a big story.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) October 3, 2021
Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says https://t.co/tJWFQaUnis
Nick Clegg memo to Facebook employee: How to talk to your family about the fact you work for us. https://t.co/aA5GcPrsZh pic.twitter.com/ja8qKEEioL
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 3, 2021
NEWS: Whistleblower will accuse Facebook of easing safeguards that led to the January 6th Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to internal memo
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 2, 2021
Policy VP Nick Clegg defends Facebook in a company-wide address from Friday evening, obtained by NYThttps://t.co/9fXF0ZwxOK
Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says https://t.co/4DFHZhR7wA
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 3, 2021
Heads up:
— Mona (@Monaheart1229) October 3, 2021
The Facebook whistelblower who shared docs with WSJ leading to that great expose series they just did
will be on 60 Minutes tonight
Facebook's about to go through some things
(I hope)
Also: #DeleteFacebook
Threadhttps://t.co/67qfKsReF3
The end point of this stuff, as @evelyndouek and I have pointed out, is Jan 6 defendants arguing in court that Facebook is to blame for their actionshttps://t.co/koiPRDWhYm
— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) October 3, 2021
A whistle-blower is accusing FB of relaxing its security safeguards for the 2020 election too soon, which then led it to be used in the storming of the U.S. Capitol. The whistle-blower plans to discuss the allegations on “60 Minutes” this Sunday. https://t.co/QjT4nhBRvj
— Strictly (@StrictlyChristo) October 3, 2021
A whistleblower who worked on Facebook's civic misinformation team during the 2020 election said in an explosive "60 Minutes" interview that the platform fails to weed out "angry, hateful, polarizing content" because it drives engagement and makes money. https://t.co/5ocZmVNKBh
— Jon Cooper ?? (@joncoopertweets) October 4, 2021
this story ran last night.. coincidence? UNLIKLEY https://t.co/MXYHXicmMZ
— Stoned ? Fan (@GlassBoys305) October 4, 2021
"Facebook makes more money when you consume more content. The more anger that they get exposed to, the more they interact and the more they consume," explains Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://t.co/yzTa5fOzHd via @HuffPostPol
— brian o (@proudCanadavet) October 4, 2021
"Facebook makes more money when you consume more content. The more anger that they get exposed to, the more they interact and the more they consume," explains Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://t.co/ckXFg5kjd6 # via @HuffPostPol
— Sebastian Roché (@sebroche) October 4, 2021
Facebook again shows it's the place where people get together, if by "people" you mean terrorists.https://t.co/f7FAMnss9c
— Brian Hjelle, virologist (@hjelle_brian) October 4, 2021
?ETtech Top 5: Top tech news today, in under 10 minutes.
— ETtech (@ETtech) October 4, 2021
■ Exclusive: New investors in talks to join PharmEasy’s pre-IPO round
■ Facebook chooses profits over safety: whistleblower
■ Byju’s raises $300 mn at $18 bn valuation
Also feat. @balajishttps://t.co/Kny7Nur5e0
페북의 10대 유해성 연구 결과 비롯한 내부 보고 묵살 등에 관한 WSJ 연속 보도는 내부 고발자에서 비롯. 지난 5월 퇴사한 상품 매니저 자신이 자료 건냈다며 커밍아웃. 공공 안전보다 이윤 우선 반복되는 것 보고 결심. 증권거래위에도 고발, 미 영 EU 의회에도 증언 예정.https://t.co/us4WyDaygW
— Journey (@atmostbeautiful) October 4, 2021
“I’ve seen a bunch of social networks and it was substantially worse at Facebook than what I had seen before.” https://t.co/6a1eBdoKG2
— Whistleblower Aid (@wbaidlaw) October 4, 2021
Oh, don't worry, I'm sure it has nothing to do with this woman appearing on 60 Minutes last night and having 10's of thousands of receipts or anything...https://t.co/yzYPDmalGC
— Sigrah (@sigrahthebeast) October 4, 2021
Facebook whistleblower reveals identity, says company ‘chooses profits over safety’ https://t.co/ufo5Ciojcg
— ❤????❤️ (@moui) October 4, 2021
ฝรั่งเม้าๆ ว่า ล่มเพราะถูกแฉหรือเปล่า?
Whistleblower says #Facebook chooses Profits over Public Safety
— @For_Fox_Sake1 ? (@For_Fox_Sake1) October 4, 2021
"Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety" https://t.co/kiz5Yqd0OO
Papers better lead with this tomorrow, but with “proves”not “says.” https://t.co/TDaqse8Q81
— Tom Perriello (@tomperriello) October 4, 2021
https://t.co/GgEwK8VuJg
— Mary McLane (@marymac169) October 4, 2021
Whistleblower says Facebook chooses profits over public safety
Facebook needs to be held accountable but lets see if that happens!!
Spoiler alert for those on the West Coast (who also haven’t been paying attention the last 5 years)
— Ina Fried (@inafried) October 4, 2021
Whistleblower says Facebook chooses profits over public safety https://t.co/RswewBuwQj
Whistleblower says Facebook chooses profits over public safety https://t.co/OzoaD7fZMN
— Axios (@axios) October 4, 2021
It'll be much harder for Facebook to spin this story now the internal documents have a clear and credible voice explaining why she leaked them.
— Tama Leaver (@tamaleaver) October 4, 2021
Whistleblower says Facebook chooses profits over public safety https://t.co/tErXDLg2c1
Whistleblower reveals herself as Frances Haugen
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) October 4, 2021
— Huagen is a former product manager on Facebook's civic misinformation team and a longtime Silicon Valley product manager.
— She said her lawyers filed at least 8 complaints with the SEC.
Story on @axios: https://t.co/C53CNnBQch
Whistleblower says Facebook chooses profits over public safety https://t.co/8n0wonA8Om
— No2 in C Minor (@No2inC_Minor) October 4, 2021
The most damning thing Haugen said tonight, which might break through to the non-techy majority, is that FB changed its algorithm to serve up to its billions of users more angry, hateful content -- bc that pushed engagement, and profits, up. https://t.co/eb04BHKemI
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) October 4, 2021
FB and IG down day after #FacebookWhistleblower outed its dangerous greed.
— KCazares #INDIEvoter (@cazarespr) October 4, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t care how much harm he does to the public or our democracy. It’s time to break up Facebook once and for all. #FacebookDown https://t.co/9KjDjBnqr5
#FrancesHaugen is a #HERO for telling the awful truth about Facebook. Our country started its divisive destruction with the advent of social media.?https://t.co/0pjIzM2CKw
— TrumpocalypseNow (@trumpocalypse66) October 4, 2021
I don't mind saying that all the Facebook news today is giving me a full-body schadenfreude high https://t.co/SvBQoMxoD6
— Annalee Newitz (@Annaleen) October 4, 2021
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’ - The New York Times https://t.co/YIVxB5DVfj
— V. Torres Montalvo ? (@Motinsitepegas) October 4, 2021
If you want to know more about Ms.Frances Haugen and her revelations about Facebook,
— Ajey (@Paimaamu) October 4, 2021
Read through:https://t.co/wsKKIIDrWb
Also google the articles covered by The Wallstreet Journal. Won't quote them here for security reasons.
"Facebook used the research not to fix the platform but to instead weaponized the data in harmful ways against users." @digitalsista @StopOVAW #StopOnlineDisinfo #Disinformation @FBoversighthttps://t.co/mBbJy5e0Es
— AmyRuckes? (@AmyRuckes) October 4, 2021
Facebook、Instagram、WhatsAppで2008年以来最悪のシステム障害が発生しアクセス不可の状態。また、FacebookやInstagramがユーザーに悪影響を与えているという内部報告書をリークした人物が「60 Minutes」のインタビューで元社員と身分を明かし、Facebookを告発。FBは5%下落。https://t.co/NCTV25CK6t
— 今村咲 (@saki_imamura) October 4, 2021
#FacebookDown Facebook shares drop nearly 5% after major site outage and whistleblower interview https://t.co/wi4qgWoGyA
— Anonymous Hispano (@anonopshispano) October 4, 2021
#NY21 I've been turning facebook in on itself for months for spreading hate, I see someone finally shut them down.
— Edward Fitzgerald ☘ (@eafitz343) October 4, 2021
Facebook shares drop nearly 5% after major site outage and whistleblower interview - CNBC https://t.co/dAEosHhRXv
#Breaking_News_Technology #Business #Social_media #Technology Facebook shares drop nearly 5% after major site outage and whistleblower interview https://t.co/O2nt8YRRq0 https://t.co/HhkKr6EmNW pic.twitter.com/GxfOl9sHhZ
— ETF Screener & Stock Picker (@ETFsStockPicker) October 4, 2021
Interesting read.
— Help others. Humanity will endure. (@marvicleonen) October 5, 2021
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen https://t.co/QR9REcsX0t
"@FrancesHaugen will also appear in front of British MPs and peers at the joint committee scrutinizing the draft #OnlineSafetyBill"
— Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill (@OnlineSafetyCom) October 5, 2021
? @Guardian @DanMilmo @Kari_Paul @DamianCollinshttps://t.co/mc8YxEnGgD
#facebookwhistleblower Haugen claims FB is not following its declared mission to serve the public interest: https://t.co/m0E4psvX3n
— linnet taylor (@linnetelwin) October 4, 2021
But who is surprised about this, and why do we leave it open for firms to *not* serve the public interest? discussion here: https://t.co/1JDs7rhIh5
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen https://t.co/qSKyPfScK0
— Vimoh ⚡ (@vimoh) October 5, 2021
“...There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook...”
— Tenzing Lamsang (@TenzingLamsang) October 5, 2021
“The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence around the world,” she said.https://t.co/RXAydy23NJ
I wonder if the outage is linked. Probably not. What amazes me about this article is nobody questions who should be the "censor". This "whistleblower" seems to think she knows best. I wonder.
— THE OTHER SIDE w Damian COORY (@OtherSideAus) October 4, 2021
"FB putting profit before public good, says Frances Haugen" https://t.co/IgUISq81CY
"The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart & causing ethnic violence around the world.. Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm... people will spend less time on the site... & [Facebook] will make less money" https://t.co/WixHRfMYa1
— Stop Funding Hate (@StopFundingHate) October 4, 2021
It seems just the time to share this. Francis Haugen is a brave and principled woman. https://t.co/SAddIZxDwY
— Sarah Lee (@SarahMLee47) October 4, 2021
If find it to much of a coincidence that this has happened the same time as Frances Haugen came forward. https://t.co/yi9XHJo5WG distract and redirect.
— Roxy She/Her (@Clexa4life1) October 4, 2021
Great timing too eh https://t.co/VqDz1wdUWv
— Alchemist_24 (@Alchemist2411) October 5, 2021
And add another badasshttps://t.co/McmVBjF0jL
— TeamTrudeau????TeamPete 4 DOT (@SoundsKugle) October 4, 2021
Proud that an Iowa City West High alum blew the whistle on Facebook. You rock, Frances!https://t.co/z1rYWIyAeo
— Brett G. Johnson (@BrettGJ) October 4, 2021
Frances Haugen: Facebook whistleblower reveals identity - BBC News https://t.co/EFdce2zdTp
— Chan (@chantipantzi) October 4, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Herself, Condemns Company as Dangerous
— Marsha Collier (@MarshaCollier) October 4, 2021
⚖️ Frances Haugen said: “The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence around the world.”#SocialMedia via @politico https://t.co/md2KXceU6Z pic.twitter.com/BKPFrK5RMo
Divide and conquer.
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 4, 2021
This video is less than 24 hours old.
I wonder what kind of cleanup is happening at social media HQ rn lol.
?????????????https://t.co/Yi6gMlaoiS
フェイスブックのデータサイエンティスト内部告発者のインタビュー
— トランプ前大統領ニュース (@TrumpTrackerJP) October 5, 2021
告発者「コンテンツが嫌悪と差別で一杯だとユーザーの怒りが出やすい」
司会者「それらのユーザーを活動させてたのか？」
告発者「そう。FBはアルゴリズムを変えてこれを抑えると売上が下がると考えた」https://t.co/w0oEy391r7
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview https://t.co/biMKrzQY9d
— Apar (@apar1984) October 5, 2021
ICYMI
— Abrahamsson (Control Group) ?? (@Abrahamsson_en) October 5, 2021
"Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview" (13:36)https://t.co/uSFax8IoCc
And this one about hatemongering a$$es. https://t.co/3uaS9162VV
— Ragamalika (@rgmlk) October 5, 2021
The FB owned apps are taking a long time to come back.
— _.-•°`*Shae_.-•°`*? (@Shae_1776) October 4, 2021
Oddly a day after the 60min FB whistle-blower episode was shown last night.
13 minutes are worth the watch. https://t.co/5FygVWkdds
This is why it’s down ….
— Lorna Manning (@LornaMa36402231) October 4, 2021
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview https://t.co/OOSMmsISJK via @YouTube
Wow Facebook!!https://t.co/PvLBOTJ5ez
— Ken D Berry MD (@KenDBerryMD) October 4, 2021
what an awful defense - it wasn't JUST us ! “The simple fact remains that changes to algorithmic ranking systems on one social media platform cannot explain wider societal polarization” https://t.co/7va3oIUe8R
— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 3, 2021
Raise your hand if you’re surprised. I refuse to have anything to do with F*ckerberg’s #EvilEmpire . https://t.co/tQBKmInXyd
— RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) October 4, 2021
Since annotating leaks seems to be in vogue these days, here are my notes on this memo. ?... https://t.co/RoWf2rI7tV
— Samidh (@samidh) October 3, 2021
read the memo in full, which we've embedded in the story belowhttps://t.co/9fXF0ZwxOK
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) October 2, 2021
? FB changed its algorithm to fester angry, hateful content that kept engagement & profit up. IG knew and did nothing about the depression its app causes young girls & women.
— Alexandra Francisco (@ByAlFrancisco) October 4, 2021
This comes out in 60 Minutes yesterday and you think the apps are just “down” ?https://t.co/v6LESpnS4a
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’ - The New York Times https://t.co/jofumybM5Z
— tradefutur tradefutur (@tradefutur) October 4, 2021
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’ https://t.co/NwlzfbcHPT
— Jont Trubek (@JontTrubek) October 4, 2021
Our story on the Facebook whistleblowerhttps://t.co/Irs5PwnHVS
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) October 3, 2021
https://t.co/dAXGXqyzBc
— marilin (@lagunabeach312) October 5, 2021
この放送の次の日だからね
偶然？ではないでしょ
Whistle-Blower Says Facebook ‘Chooses Profits Over Safety’
— ᖇOᗷEᖇT ᒍᗩY ᗰᗩᖇᑕᘔᗩK ? (@marczak_rob) October 4, 2021
Frances Haugen, a Facebook product manager who left the company in May, revealed that she had provided internal documents to journalists and others.https://t.co/3Md290JhgM