The power of one : blowing the whistle on Facebook
Haugen, Frances2023
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The inside story of one woman's quest to bring transparency and accountability to big tech. In 2021, when news outlets feasted on 'The Facebook files', Frances Haugen went public as the former employee who blew the whistle on the company by copying tens of thousands of pages of documents. She testified to Congress and spoke to the media. She was hailed at President Biden's second State of Address. She made sure everyone understood exactly what the documents revealed: Facebook knew it had accidentally changed its algorithms to reward extremism and did not fix it; it knew its customers were using the platform to foment violence, to spread falsehoods, to diminish the self-esteem of young women, and more. But how was it that Haugen was the only employee at the company who dared to step forward?
Main title:
The power of one : blowing the whistle on Facebook / Frances Haugen.
Author:
Haugen, Frances, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399708319 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
338.761006
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2643910
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