The Facebook Papers — tens of thousands of internal documents collected by whistleblower Frances Haugen and shared with a consortium of news organizations and reporters — detail the ways Facebook failed to control misinformation, extremism, and a whole host of other problems on the platform.
The documents suggest the company put growth and profits ahead of users’ well-being.
Elizabeth Dwoskin, tech reporter for The Washington Post, and Sheera Frenkel, tech reporter for The New York Times and co-author of the book “An Ugly Truth,” dive into what the Facebook Papers reveal about the company and how the social media platform works.
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