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October 06, 2021Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has replied to the accusations of the 'mole' Frances Haugen against her social media, calling them "illogical". In an open letter to employees, Zuckerberg assured that the group is "deeply concerned with issues such as safety, well-being and mental health". "It is difficult for us to see a misrepresentation of our work and our motives," he wrote, "I think many of you do not recognize the false image of society that has been painted."



"The argument that we deliberately push content that angers people for profit is profoundly illogical," Zuckerberg wrote again, "we make money on ads and advertisers continually tell us they don't want their ads to be close to harmful content. or furious. I don't know of any tech company that wants to make products that make people angry or depressed. Morals, business and product incentives all point in the opposite direction. " 



Bickert: "We do the opposite, we reduce the visibility of the click bait"

Monika Bickert, Facebook's vice president of content policy, also defended the platform against accusations of favoring 'incendiary' content made by 'super-witness' Frances Haugen, according to whom Facebook puts "its astronomical profits before people".

"That's not true," he told CNN.

"We do the opposite, we reduce the visibility of click baits. This is for the long-term health of our services. We want people to have a good experience," he said. 


Facebook's Monika Bickert goes on CNN after the Facebook whistleblower hearing.

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- Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 5, 2021


Bickert also dismissed the other allegations against Facebook related to the spread of hate messages and disinformation that led to the assault on Congress on January 6. The vice president said that "the responsibility for the assault lies with those who broke the law". The executive then said she was in favor of "government regulation" of social media. 



Pietsch: "It's time to define rules for the internet, Congress act"

"Instead of expecting the industry to make social decisions that are up to lawmakers, it is time for Congress to act," said Facebook spokeswoman Lena Pietsch, in a statement released at the end of Frances Haugen's congressional hearing. the former product manager who today accused the social media giant of "harming children, fueling divisions and weakening our democracy", putting profit before ethical responsibility.



"Today, a Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing with a former Facebook product manager who worked for the company for less than two years, had no direct contact with, and never attended a decision-making meeting with. executives and said more than six times that she had not worked on the subject she was asked about - the spokesperson said - we disagree with her description of many issues she testified to. agreement on one thing: it is time to start defining standard rules for the internet. It has been 25 years since the rules for the internet were updated and instead of expecting the industry to make social decisions that are up to the legislators, it is time for Congress to act ".