Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence saying whistleblower Frances Haugen's claims against Facebook make no sense. He states that he does not know of any company technologys whose goal is to make products that will make people angry or depressed.
Mark Zuckerberg posted an outspoken defense of his company in a note to Facebook employees, saying that recent allegations by a former employee on the negative effects of the social network on society "do not make sense".
For the record, on Monday, a former Facebook product manager, Frances Haugen, testified before Congress about a series of internal documents she gave to The Wall newspaper. Street journal. At the heart of the hearing was the charge that Facebook, Instagram and What's Up can have a negative effect on young people because the platforms' algorithms make sure to keep users on the services at all costs, even when the developers know the content is mentally harmful. That is, that they deliberately anger users for the purpose of profit.
In his answer, Zuckerberg states"The argument that we are deliberately promoting content that makes people angry about profit is completely absurd. We make money from ads and our advertisers consistently tell us that they do not want their ads next to harmful or angry content. And I do not know of any technology company that aims to make products that make people angry or depressed. "Ethical and business motives all point in the opposite direction."
Zuckerberg, in his statement, did not once mention the complainant Haugen by her name. He always spoke in the third person using the word ex-employee.
Facebook's internal investigation into the negative effects of Instagram on teenagers, however, has sparked outrage at the company. In his memo to employees, Zuckerberg said the company would continue to investigate and make it public when completed.
