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Oct 09

EXPLAINER: Could Facebook sue whistleblower Frances Haugen?

By Tali Arbel, Associated Press

Facebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network could be considering legal retaliation after Haugen went public with internal research that she copied before leaving her job earlier this year.

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Oct 06

Facebook blames massive outage on error during routine maintenance

By Associated Press

Facebook's vice president of infrastructure said that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp going dark was "caused not by malicious activity, but an error of our own making."…

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Oct 05

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Facebook whistleblower asks Congress to regulate tech giant’s influence on users

By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Dorothy Hastings

Facebook is under fire Tuesday following testimony by a former employee before a U.S. Senate committee. Frances Haugen alleged the company too frequently turns a blind eye to potential harm for the sake of profit. Facebook denied that in statements…

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Oct 05

WATCH: ‘Choices being made inside Facebook are disastrous,’ whistleblower says

By News Desk

Frances Haugen, a former data scientist for Facebook, testified to Congress on Oct. 5 about the tech giant’s negligence of acknowledging its societal harms, particularly to children.

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Oct 04

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News Wrap: UN condemns Libya’s treatment of migrants seeking passage to Europe

In our news wrap Monday, United Nations officials condemned Libya for a violent crackdown on migrants trying to sail to Europe. In the U.S., the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that receive…

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Oct 04

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What caused the Facebook outage and how it affected global users, businesses

By William Brangham

Facebook and its group of apps and social media platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram were down most of Monday. The outages come on the eve of another difficult congressional hearing for the social media giant. The cause of the outages…

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Oct 04

WATCH: Facebook whistleblower testifies to Senate on children and social media

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant's products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. while its executives refuse to change because they elevate profits over safety.

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Oct 04

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down.

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Sep 30

WATCH: Facebook head of safety testifies during hearing on social media mental health harms

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Facing outrage over its handling of internal research on harm to teens from Instagram, a Facebook executive is telling Congress that the company is working to protect young people on its platforms.

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Sep 27

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

The announcement follows a investigative series by The Wall Street Journal which reported that Facebook was aware that the use of Instagram by some teenage girls led to mental health issues and anxiety.

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