facebook Facebook Whistleblower Exposes Company's Profit-Driven Safety Failures Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen reveals herself as the source behind leaked internal documents, accusing the platform of prioritizing profits over public safety.
facebook Facebook Ignores Internal Research Showing Instagram Harms Teen Girls A new Wall Street Journal investigation reveals that Facebook knows Instagram worsens body image issues for one in three teen girls, contradicting the company's public statements.
facebook Internal Studies Show Instagram Worsens Teen Body Image Issues Facebook's own research reveals that Instagram negatively impacts the body image and mental health of a significant portion of teenage users. Despite these known harms, the company continues to prioritize engagement features and develops a version of the app for younger children.
cloudflare Cloudflare Analyzes the Internet-Wide Impact of the Massive Facebook Outage Cloudflare examines how the prolonged Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outage impacted global internet traffic and their own 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver. The data reveals massive spikes in error codes and unexpected query surges as users and applications desperately tried to reconnect.
facebook Facebook and TikTok Maintain Taliban Content Bans Amid Afghan Takeover Major social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok continue to enforce strict bans on Taliban content, classifying the group as a dangerous terrorist organization.
taliban Taliban Demands Unbanning From Facebook in Bizarre Free Speech Plea The Taliban expresses outrage over Facebook's continued ban on their group, arguing that the social media platform violates their right to free speech as they take control of Afghanistan.
facebook Facebook Whistleblower Leak Reveals Company Prioritized Profit Over User Safety A massive 2021 internal document leak from Facebook shows the company knowingly ignored the harmful impacts of its platforms on teenagers and global politics to protect its profits. Whistleblower Frances Haugen exposes how Facebook's algorithms actively promote inflammatory and dangerous content.
meta Whistleblower Leak Reveals Meta Prioritized Profits Over Known Platform Harms A massive 2021 internal document leak from Facebook, now Meta, shows the company knowingly ignores the harmful societal effects of its platforms to protect its bottom line. The leaked files expose how Facebook's algorithms actively promote inflammatory posts and damaging content to young users.
senate Senate Subcommittee Grills Facebook Over Instagram's Impact on Youth Mental Health A Senate subcommittee holds a hearing to examine Facebook's internal research on how Instagram harms the mental health of young users. Lawmakers question the company's safety director about what the platform knows and what actions it is taking to protect children.
facebook Massive 2021 Facebook Outage Knocks Out Global Services for Hours A severe routing error causes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to go dark worldwide for nearly seven hours, driving millions of users to alternative platforms.
facebook Border Gateway Protocol Failure Causes Global Facebook Outage A massive configuration error in Facebook's internal backbone cascades into a total BGP and DNS failure, effectively severing the social network from the global internet.
facebook Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Company Puts Profits Over Public Safety Former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen steps forward to reveal that the company intentionally ignores internal research showing its platforms amplify hate and misinformation. She shares thousands of secret documents to expose how Facebook prioritizes profit over user well-being.
facebook Senate Subcommittee Grills Facebook Over Instagram's Impact on Youth Mental Health A Senate subcommittee convenes a hearing to examine internal Facebook research revealing the negative mental health effects of Instagram on teenagers. Lawmakers question the company's safety director about what the tech giant knows and what actions it is taking to protect young users.
facebook Internal Documents Reveal Facebook Knows Instagram Harms Teen Girls Leaked files show Facebook's own research links Instagram to worsening anxiety and body image issues in young users, contradicting the company's public statements.
facebook Internal Documents Reveal Facebook Knows Instagram Harms Teen Girls Leaked documents show Facebook's own research confirms Instagram worsens body image issues and anxiety for a significant percentage of teenage girls, contradicting the company's public stance.