Testimony of whistleblower Frances Haugen confirms lax approach to combating online extremism Facebook insists its technology proactively identifies hate speech in over 40 languages, including Arabic. For a platform with at least 2.91 billion “friends,” Facebook has been creating a lot of enemies of late, even among its own ranks. Just this week, former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before members of the US Senate, delivering a scathing overview of how the world’s largest social networking site prioritizes profits over public safety.
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