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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers that the social media giant stokes online hate and extremism, fails to protect children from harmful content and lacks any incentive to fix the problems, providing strong momentum for efforts by European governments working on stricter regulation of tech giants. While her testimony echoed much of what she told the U.S. Senate earlier this month, her appearance drew intense interest from a British parliamentary committee that is much further along in drawing up legislation to crack down on social platforms.

Classified as: McGill experts, taylor owen, max bell school of public policy, Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications, social media, Facebook
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Published on: 27 Oct 2021
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