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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCritics Say Facebook 'Must Be Investigated, Audited, Regulated, and Stopped'
While newly revealed Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen appeared before a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday morning, longtime critics of the social media behemoth elevated calls for legislative and regulatory action to break up Big Tech, outlaw tech giants' surveillance capitalist business model, and fight for a digital environment that respects rights and benefits democracy.(Snip)
Her testimony followed a Wall Street Journal series, a televised interview revealing her identity, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaints. It also came a day after Facebook and its other platformsInstagram, Messenger, and WhatsAppwent down for hours, provoking fresh calls to break up the monopolistic company.
In a statement Tuesday about Haugen's remarks, the Real Facebook Oversight Board (RFOB)a group of advocates and experts that formed in response to ongoing harms on the platformdeclared that "this is Facebook's moment of reckoning" and demanded Congress act in response to the company profiting from enabling the spread dangerous lies and hateful content.
"We call for a full investigation into Facebook, including criminal inquiries if necessary for lying to shareholders, regulators, and the government," said RFOB. "We call for an independent, outside audit. And we call urgently for Facebook to have real oversightindependent oversight with transparency, integrity, and power. Facebook must be investigated, audited, regulated, and stopped."
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Critics Say Facebook 'Must Be Investigated, Audited, Regulated, and Stopped' (Original Post)
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Oct 2021
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leftstreet
(36,106 posts)1. I'd rather they break up Big MSM
A handful of mega corporations blasting non interactive propaganda 24/7 and calling it "news"
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)2. I guess that's what makes them "critics"
Critics also say that Taco Bell should discontinue the Doritos Locos Taco, but I don't see that happening any time soon either.
Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)3. Break up big media first...they do way more damage.
But really with a first amendment...nothing like this is possible.