Zuckerberg commented on the accusations of a former employee
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The founder of the social network denied accusations that the company cares more about profit than about security.
The head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, called the accusations of the former manager of the company Francis Haugen, which at a hearing in the US Senate said that the platform harms children, is meaningless. The corresponding statement on Wednesday, October 6, was published on Zuckerberg’s page in Facebook.
“We care deeply about issues such as safety, wellbeing and mental health,” the statement said.
According to him, Haugen’s claims are meaningless.
“If we wanted to ignore research, why would we have created an industry-leading research program to address these critical issues? company in our space? ” – he noted.
“At the heart of these accusations is the idea that we prioritize profit over safety and well-being. This is simply not true,” Zuckerberg added.
The head of Facebook also called the disruption of the social network “the worst outage in recent years.”
“We have spent the last 24 hours thinking about how we can strengthen our systems against this kind of disruption. This is also a reminder of how important our work is to people,” he said.
He also said that he asked the top managers of the company to do the work, which should show the public all the efforts of Facebook to ensure the safety of users.
Earlier, Haugen said at a hearing in the US Senate that Facebook relies too much on artificial intelligence to combat hate speech, misinformation and inappropriate advertising for minors. She also argued that Facebook’s products are bad for children and that the company prioritizes profit over user safety.
Recall that what happened on Monday Facebook crash became the largest in history. Access to social networks and services of the company was closed for seven hours.
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