Facebook whistleblower: 'I want to start a youth movement'Ex-Facebook engineer Haugen believes young people have more reason than anyone else to pressure social media companies to do better.
13 Nov, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
Beefed up EU tech rules could be global standard, says Facebook whistleblowerEU industry chief Thierry Breton criticised the increased lobbying by technology companies over the draft rules and urged lawmakers fightin...
09 Nov, 2021, 12.24 PM IST
Unlikely Facebook will change if Mark Zuckerberg remains CEO, whistleblower saysFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen sees no sense in the company’s rebranding as Meta Platforms, given the issues that are yet to be addr...
02 Nov, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Facebook asks employees to preserve internal documents for legal inquiries after whistleblower scandalFrances Haugen accused Facebook of pursuing profit over safety.
28 Oct, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Facebook will fuel violent unrest around the world, whistleblower Frances Haugen says"The events we're seeing around the world, things like Myanmar and Ethiopia, those are the opening chapters because engagement-based rankin...
26 Oct, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked papersFacebook’s net income grew 17% in the July-September period to $9.19 billion, buoyed by strong advertising revenue. That's up from $7.85 bi...
26 Oct, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower saysHaugen, a former product manager on Facebook's civic misinformation team who has turned whistleblower, appeared before a parliamentary sele...
25 Oct, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
US senator asks Facebook CEO to retain documents linked to testimonySenate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell asked Facebook to preserve and retain internal Facebook research referenced by Haugen and Fa...
13 Oct, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
After whistleblower goes public, Facebook tries calming employeesTo counter Frances Haugen's claims — which were backed by internal documents that showed Facebook’s services hurt some children’s self-este...
11 Oct, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Could Facebook sue whistleblower Frances Haugen?US law protects whistleblowers who disclose information about potential misconduct to the government. But that protection doesn't necessari...
09 Oct, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
Evidence that Facebook knew kids using apps were at risk of harm can dent its global dominance, say expertsDocuments showed that Facebook knew its tools risked worsening kids' suicidal thoughts.
07 Oct, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
If Facebook is the problem, is a social media regulator the fix?Facebook's Lina Pietsch said the company had itself long called for government oversight. "We have been calling for updated regulations our...
06 Oct, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Facebook 'operating in the shadows' says whistleblower as US lawmakers demand probesDuring a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing, whistleblower Frances Haugen called for transparency about how Facebook entices users to kee...
06 Oct, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
Facebook an 'urgent threat' to US, whistleblower Frances Haugen to tell Congress"The core of the issue is that no one can understand Facebook's destructive choices better than Facebook, because only Facebook gets to loo...
05 Oct, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram recover after almost six-hour outageCEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the outage at WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, which the social media company said was due to a "fa...
05 Oct, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Former Facebook manager alleges social network fed Capitol riotThe whistleblower, former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, asserted that a 2018 change to the content flow in Facebook's news feeds...
04 Oct, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Facebook ‘chooses profits over safety’, whistleblower Frances Haugen saysA former product manager at Facebook, Frances Haugen, gave thousands of internal documents to WSJ which published the findings, including t...
04 Oct, 2021, 08.35 AM IST