christian, and i would ask all of our fevers, who do you find more credible, frances haugen or monika bickert? she credible, frances haugen or monika bickert? ,, , credible, frances haugen or monika bickert? ,, bickert? she says facebook, monika bickert? she says facebook, monika itickert says. bickert? she says facebook, monika bickert says, will bickert? she says facebook, monika bickert says, will not bickert? she says facebook, monika bickert says, will not change - bickert? she says facebook, monika bickert says, will not change on - bickert says, will not change on this set is forced to change. it was interesting that monika bickert almost agreed with her. and congress seems to know an awful lot more now about what these algorithms are than how they were. about what these algorithms are than how they were- how they were. christian, here s the thin . how they were. christian, here s the thing- frances how they were. christian, here s the thing. frances haugen how they w
for children s mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. both eleanor and freya say instagram is fun, that s why they re on it, but it can cause anxiety too. it s stressful because let s say you see someone post a photo and they re, like, with all your friends and you feel left out, but it s also fun to post a photo of you with your friends and you sometimes don t know someone is getting left out. facebook has said it has postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but we now know that people within the company and some very important politicians in washington believe the company has put profit over the mental health of teenage girls. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. let s bring in monika bickert, vice president of content policy at facebook. welcome to the programme. frances haugen said this week that you know
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rather important company facebook, which owns instagram. in fact, leaked internal research found that teens who struggle with mental health say that instagram makes it worse. the woman who leaked that report is called frances haugen, and today she gave evidence in washington. the documents that i have provided to congress prove that facebook has repeatedly misled the public about what its own research reveals about the safety of children. she concluded with a devastating message that facebook will continue to cause harm around the world. my fear is that without action, divisive and extremist behaviours we see today are only the beginning. what we saw in myanmar and are now seeing in ethiopia are only the opening chapters of a story so terrifying no one wants to read the end of it. here in silicon valley, facebook has pushed back, saying that some of the research presented is misleading, and despite the fact that instagram concluded that it could be damaging
striking was to see democrats and republicans actively talking to each other about new legislation they might pass stop if you watch us senate, they don t pass legislation, so the notion of both sides working together is astonishing. that is how bad that is. but i would implore this to not be looked at as a facebook only problem. this notion of using surveillance to monitor everything they do, every digital foot print these behind, pricking your behaviour but also steering your behaviour, that model began with google, it went to facebook, then amazon and microsoft but now it is being used by companies across the entire economy, and i believe the congress needs to look at the example of the food and drug act of 1906 and the environmental acts of