Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says
Source: New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, which has been under fire from a former employee who has revealed that the social network knew of many of the harms it was causing, was bracing for new accusations over the weekend from the whistle-blower and said in a memo that it was preparing to mount a vigorous defense.
The whistle-blower, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, planned to accuse the company of relaxing its security safeguards for the 2020 election too soon after Election Day, which then led it to be used in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to the internal memo obtained by The New York Times. The whistle-blower planned to discuss the allegations on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, the memo said, and was also set to say that Facebook had contributed to political polarization in the United States.
The 1,500-word memo, written by Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of policy and global affairs, was sent on Friday to employees to pre-empt the whistle-blower’s interview. Mr. Clegg pushed back strongly on what he said were the coming accusations, calling them “misleading.” “60 Minutes” published a teaser of the interview in advance of its segment on Sunday.
“Social media has had a big impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often a place where much of this debate plays out,” he wrote. “But what evidence there is simply does not support the idea that Facebook, or social media more generally, is the primary cause of polarization.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/technology/whistle-blower-facebook-memo.html
Facebook should not be allowed to exist in its current form. Zuckerberg should be in prison.
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add FB and Russia and PRESTO: Donald Fucking Trump was "president" 
... of the electoral college is to limit and regulate free speech. Makes sense 
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with each other before Facebook. 
Facebook is guilty of using their algorithms to disseminate false information far and wide across the internet to people they know will enjoy it, and believe it.
If you think for one second that Facebook hasn't done anything wrong..... you're totally brainwashed by "social" media as well.
And of course, no one would ever converse again without Facebook, so we mustn't touch it in any way.
... is doing it!
See! I told you so, that's.... oh, that's true
* "But the simple fact remains that changes to algorithmic ranking systems on one social media platform cannot explain wider societal polarization. Indeed, polarizing content and misinformation are also present on platforms that have no algorithmic ranking whatsoever, including private messaging apps like iMessage and WhatsApp."
Oh, wait. that's true too.
As you state, people will continue to converse without Facebook. So regulating Facebook will not do any real good. But it WILL do real harm, because it will set a precedent that undermines the first amendment. Don't expect regulation of speech to end with Facebook. Do you want "regulation" of DU? Expect it to be coming after you.
At least in non-Oxford UK.
polarisation with an 's'.
OK, you got me.
The solution is obvious - regulate FB and make it cost series money when they allow disinformation.
In other words, his vote is the only one that counts.
...contributed to political polarization in the United States."
CONTRIBUTED! 
How about IS RESPONSIBLE FOR political polarization in the United States?
On the internet, it is the #1 purveyor of false information in the United States, and their algorithms make sure this right-wing false information gets to the people who would welcome it the most. It spreads this right-wing, hate information like wildfire around the United States, and makes obscene amounts of money from doing so.
I want to see Zuckerberg and his mother-fucking "social" media invention broken into 100 million tiny pieces and scattered to the wind. Then I want fines and penalties to lighten Mr. Zuckerberg's bank accounts by tens of billions of dollars.
I still won't be happy about all the damage he's intentionally done, but it it's a start.
most FB users - even so-called "progressives" - don't give a fuck the harm it does, as long as they can "keep up with family and friends"
for Facebook?
