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Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation — CBS

Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” writes Scott Pelley.

Here is the link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-misinformation-public-60-minutes-2021-10-03/

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