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How to regulate Facebook

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US lawmakers have been angry at Facebook for years. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen's testimony before Congress gave them the clearest path yet for how to address the company’s harms to society. Recode’s Shirin’s Ghaffary explains. 


References: 

  • Facebook’s whistleblower tells Congress how to regulate tech: https://www.vox.com/recode/22711551/facebook-whistleblower-congress-hearing-regulation-mark-zuckerberg-frances-haugen-senator-blumenthal
  • Why this Facebook scandal is different: https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/10/3/22707940/frances-haugen-facebook-whistleblower-60-minutes-teen-girls-instagram
  • It’s getting harder for people to believe that Facebook is a net good for society: https://www.vox.com/recode/22677911/facebook-scandal-research-teen-mental-health


    • This episode was hosted by Adam Clark Estes, produced by Taylor Maycan and engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey.

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