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“Facebook hurts children and weakens democracy,” said a former executive

THE Francis Haugen, a 37-year-old former executive onς Facebook, harshly criticized the company during its hearing in Capitol. THE Facebook, for her part, stated that the Mr. Haugen spoke about areas that were not within her competence and for which she has no knowledge.

This development comes in the midst of trying to investigate thoroughly the “giant” of social media and the growing pressure on American politicians to regulate how the platform works.

The Facebook is the most popular social networking site in the world. He claims that 2.7 billion active users use it every month. Hundreds of millions of people use the company’s other products such as the application WhatsApp and Instagram. However, it has been on fire lately, either for its alleged failure to protect the privacy of its users or for not doing enough to limit misinformation.

Both the Democrats as well as RepublicansSenators agreed that it is necessary to change the way the company operates. This is one of the few issues that their two political parties have found common ground USA.“The damage that Facebook is doing will haunt a generation of people”, said o Senator of the Democrats, Richard Blumenthal. THE Dan Sullivan of Republicans, said that when one day people analyze the phenomenon they will say “what were we thinking?” in relation to the impact that Facebook to children.

In a statement after the hearing, the company claimed that it did not agree with “its (Mr Haugen) characterization of the many issues on which it has testified”. He agreed, however, “that the time has come to start creating standard regulations for the internet. “It’s been 25 years since Internet regulations were renewed, and instead of waiting for industry to make decisions that belong to lawmakers, it’s time for Congress to act.”

THE Mr. Haugen last Sunday in an interview on the television network CBS, revealed that it shared internal company documents with the Wall Street Journal the previous period. According to these data, the Wall Street Journal published a survey conducted by Instagram showed that the platform could affect the mental health of young girls.

The n. Was placed on it again Mr. Haugen in her deposition. “The company’s leadership team knows how to make Facebook and Instagram more secure, but it is not prepared to take the necessary measures, because they put their astronomical profits above people,” he said. He continued with positive comments about his fall Facebook and other “family” applications for more than five hours on Monday. “We have seen Facebook absent from the internet. “I do not know why it ‘fell’, but at least it was not used to sow discord, destabilize democracies and make young girls and women feel bad about their bodies.”

As he spoke, the Director of Communication Policy, Andy Stone, posted on Twitter his response to her statement saying she was asked about areas she did not work in, including child safety and Instagram.

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