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2021 Facebook leak

In 2021, an internal document leak from Facebook (now Meta Platforms, or Meta) showed it was aware of harmful societal effects from its platforms, yet persisted in prioritizing profit over addressing these harms. The leak, released by whistleblower Frances Haugen, resulted in reporting from The Wall Street Journal in September, as The Facebook Files…

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2021 Facebook leak

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user reports of feed quality decreasing along with increased anger on the site were observedinstance ofconsequences0.80text

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