On Monday, Facebook went dark for hours, but that’s not the only scandal happening around the social network.
Internal evidence from a former Facebook employee leaked to the press shows that Facebook knowingly pushes harmful content in order to generate the most profit. They’ve done their own research and found that Instagram plummets the self-esteem of teens, particularly girls, and yet they were working on building a new version of the app for kids.
We have to hold big tech accountable. Not only for inequity in access, but for the outlandish power these mega-corporations wield to shape our world views, and even our self-image.
Facebook has even been linked to genocide through its lack of moderation over hate speech and disinformation.
