with experts to continually update its policies. as time goes on, as a parent bereaved by the suicide of his 14 year old, i look at a huge corporation with massive resources and say, there must be more you can be doing. unquestionably, facebook could be investing more resources in making the platforms safer. they have made a series of choices to prioritise profits over people. what do you think regulators can do to persuade those big tech companies to behave differently? there s no company in the world that has as much power as facebook and as little transparency. in a statement, facebook said. a whistle blower and a campaigner with one aim to make social media a safer place. angus crawford, bbc news. joshis
they have made a series of choices to prioritise profits over people. what do you think regulators can do to persuade those big tech companies to behave differently? there s no company in the world that has as much power as facebook and as little transparency. in a statement, facebook said. a whistle blower and a campaigner with one aim to make social media a safer place. angus crawford, bbc news. josh conn steyn is a cyber sociologist who has written extensively about facebook anti spoke to us about whether he thought facebook does enough to protect public safety. facebook and 29 billion dollars
what do you think regulators can do to persuade those big tech companies to behave differently? there s no company in the world that has as much power as facebook and as little transparency. in a statement, facebook said. a whistle blower and a campaigner with one aim to make social media a safer place. angus crawford, bbc news. earlier i spoke to a technology journalist and former european communications managerfor communications manager for instagram which communications managerfor instagram which was owned by facebook. i asked what we can expect when she speaks to british mps on monday. i think the british mps will be looking to try and lean this back to the proposals for the uk s online safety bill which has every potential to be the first of these kind of rules that is
a whistle blower and a campaigner with one aim to make social media a safer place. angus crawford, bbc news. joshis josh is an investor in silicon valley and a cyber sociologist who has written extensively about facebook. thank you for joining us. let me ask at this festival. do you think facebook does enough? wejust festival. do you think facebook does enough? we just got the figures $13 billion spent on safety and security in five years. it safety and security in five ears. h, , safety and security in five ears. , ~ safety and security in five ears. . years. it sounds like so much money but years. it sounds like so much money but then years. it sounds like so much money but then you - years. it sounds like so much money but then you realise l years. it sounds like so much i money but then you realise that facebook and $29 billion in profitjust facebook and $29 billion in profit just last year. facebook and $29 billion in profitjust last year. up facebook and $29 billion in prof
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