Frances Haugen | Watching America

India: Facebook Papers Reveal Company’s Disregard for Social Consequences of Misinformation in Non-Western Markets

Lalatendu Das - November 16, 2021. Published in The Indian Express

Political parties ... must not use social media platforms for political gain through polarization, because it takes a larger toll.

Canada: Social Networks Need To Be More Transparent and Responsible

Robin Koerner - November 4, 2021. Published in La Presse

Investigative reporters and political analysts have been showing the harmful effects of social media for a while now [...] Haugen gave us detailed documents of their own internal research. Now we know that they knew.

U.K.: The Guardian View on Regulating Social Media: Necessary but Risky

Lalatendu Das - October 30, 2021. Published in The Guardian

Big tech self-regulation is not working. But measures to curb online harm must be carefully thought through.

U.K.: Facebook Cannot Moderate Itself – Its Problems Have Only Just Begun

Lalatendu Das - October 28, 2021. Published in The Guardian

Whistleblower testimony about the company’s continuing failure to address problems is pushing legislators to act.

Ukraine: The Hate Factory, or Who Is Allowed To Break Facebook Rules?

October 21, 2021. Published in Glavcom

[I]t was social media that allowed freaks from all over the world to unite.

Germany: The Blackout of Responsibility

Robin Koerner - October 19, 2021. Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung

From the moment [Zuckerberg] programmed the first versions of his social network in his Harvard dorm, he’s been trying to achieve the impossible with as little means as possible.

Canada: An Evil Larger than Facebook

Robin Koerner - October 17, 2021. Published in Le Devoir

Since there is no provision making disinformation illegal, how will it be possible to have regulations without irreparably compromising freedom of expression?

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