Oct 5, 2021
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The turn against tech
This society was ga-ga over tech (as it has been over cars, train, planes, rocket ships, television, radio, mass produced commodities, and the pyramids). Enamored with more, bigger, farther, faster.
Tuesday, a Senate subcommittee will hear important testimony from Frances Haugen, a Facebook whistleblower who shared internal research exposing how the company’s platforms fuel misinformation, increase political polarization, and worsen teen mental health. The research showed “there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” Haugen told “60 Minutes” on Sunday. “Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety.”
