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ItsjustMe

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Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:19 PM Oct 2021

Anderson Cooper: Facebook likes to say it brings people together (CNN)

CNN's Anderson Cooper takes a closer look at the testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to a Senate subcommittee.


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Testimony : "Our research showed us the algorithms for innocent content would lead children Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #2
 

Alexander Of Assyria

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2. Testimony : "Our research showed us the algorithms for innocent content would lead children
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:01 PM
Oct 2021

to very negative things clearly detrimental to their mental health, like content for healthy recipes then creating a lot of content promoting anorexia in a very short period of time”. Paraphrasing

Yet FB/Instagram did nothing…it was more profitable than children looking at recipes.

And yes, the former FB insider testified, collecting Instagram likes and clicks is for kids more addictive than crack.
Paraphrasing

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