reacting to haugen s evidence was facebook s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that s too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we re asking these hard questions. facebook has said it s postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but it s likely that the social network will face even more scrutiny and greater regulation in the us and further abroad. republicans and democrats don t agree on much, but taking action on facebook is one thing that has broad support. james clayton, bbc news. our technology correspondent rory cellanjones says mr zuckerberg had stayed silent on this criticism until now. it s important to remember how much power he has over the company. he is virtually unsackable, he has so much control. but in this long note to his staff he basically rejects this whole idea that facebook is more focused on profits than on the
about the safety of children. she also said that facebook s motives were driven by money, rather than the mental health of its users. i saw facebook repeatedly encounter conflicts between its own profits and our safety. facebook consistently resolved these conflicts in favour of its own profits. 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 for children s mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. reacting to haugen s evidence was facebook s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that s too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we re asking these hard questions. facebook has said it s postponed a controversial project
from the ai systems and bring them back to the users. look, i don t even know if facebook wants to change anything that is making them so much money. they claim that there s nothing wrong with their algorithm. yelled we had on monica bickert, the vice president of content policy in facebook. let me just show you what she said about whether or not the algorithm is creating inflammatory product. let s be clear, people can opt out of the algorithm. the al goe it is ranking the comments from friends, if you want to see posts in chronological or reverse chronological order, you can. she makes it so benign, can people opt out of the algorithm, where would you find that? i tried before the show to try to do it. to go back to the feed that they called most recent, so just sort of all my posts order in regency, no ai system, and it
i saw facebook repeatedly encounter conflicts between its own profits and our safety. facebook consistently resolved these conflicts in favour of its own profits. 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 for children s mental health, it also says that it can have a positive impact. reacting to haugen s evidence was facebook s vice president of content policy, monica bickert. again, any time a single teen is having a bad experience, that s too much. one thing that shows that we are prioritising safety above profit is the very fact that we re asking these hard questions. facebook has said it s postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but it s likely that the social network will face even more scrutiny and greater regulation in the us and further abroad. republicans and democrats don t agree on much, but taking action on facebook