Instagram, a photo-sharing app owned by Meta Platforms Inc is encouraging users to take a break. The firm fights charges that too much time spent on its social networks is harming youngsters’ mental health. Individuals spend a lot of time looking at a certain topic on Instagram. Now they can opt to see pop-up notifications […]

New Delhi Nov 29 PTI Some members of a parliamentary panel looking into the issue of hate speech on Facebook on Monday expressed the view that whistle-blowers Sophie Zhang and Frances Haugen who have flagged bias and lack of proper regulation on the social media platform be called to depose before it sources said Top officials of Facebook India including its Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral on Monday deposed before the panel on the subject of safeguarding citizens rights and prevention of misuse of socialonline news media platforms including special emphasis on women security In the meeting some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology asked them questions about hate speech in reference to the dossiers shared by Zhang with the committee sources said adding that the parliamentarians did not get convincing response from the executives of the social media giant The members asked specific questions about the kind of mechanism and system the company has in place to identify and remove hate speech content from its various platforms they said During the meeting many members took the view that both whistle-blowers be called before the panel to brief it about their findings they said The panel is exploring the possibility of calling the whistle-blowers and is likely to seek the Lok Sabha Speakers permission they said Haugen a former Facebook data scientist-turned-whistle-blower has alleged that the social network giants products harm children and fuel polarisation in the United States She had testified before the US Senate Committee Zhang also a former Facebook data scientist has reportedly shared a dossier with the panel about the companys alleged unethical working She also reportedly had alleged that there was a politically sophisticated attempt to influence the February 2020 Delhi elections Responding to the charge that neither Parliament nor the government has called the Facebook whistle-blowers panel chairman Shashi Tharoor had said in a series of tweets last month that the committee would hold its first meeting after its constitution in November As video-conferencing not permitted under the procedures testimony in person by witnesses from abroad requires the Speakers consent and it is being sought he had said PTI JTR SMN

Lisbon: Facebook whistle blower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. “I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO,” Haugen told a packed arena on Monday at the opening night of the Web Summit, a tech fest drawing dozens of thousands to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.  Former Facebook product manager replied in the positive to the question of whether Zuckerberg should resign, and added: “Maybe it’s a chance for someone else to take the reins…Facebook would be stronger with someone who was willing to focus on safety.” The social network, changed its name to Meta last week, in a rebrand that focuses on building the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. 

Lisbon: Facebook whistle blower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. “I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO,” Haugen told a packed arena on Monday at the opening night of the Web Summit, a tech fest drawing dozens of thousands to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.  Former Facebook product manager replied in the positive to the question of whether Zuckerberg should resign, and added: “Maybe it’s a chance for someone else to take the reins…Facebook would be stronger with someone who was willing to focus on safety.” The social network, changed its name to Meta last week, in a rebrand that focuses on building the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. 

Lisbon: Facebook whistle blower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. “I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO,” Haugen told a packed arena on Monday at the opening night of the Web Summit, a tech fest drawing dozens of thousands to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.  Former Facebook product manager replied in the positive to the question of whether Zuckerberg should resign, and added: “Maybe it’s a chance for someone else to take the reins…Facebook would be stronger with someone who was willing to focus on safety.” The social network, changed its name to Meta last week, in a rebrand that focuses on building the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. 

Lisbon: Facebook whistle blower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. “I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO,” Haugen told a packed arena on Monday at the opening night of the Web Summit, a tech fest drawing dozens of thousands to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon.  Former Facebook product manager replied in the positive to the question of whether Zuckerberg should resign, and added: “Maybe it’s a chance for someone else to take the reins…Facebook would be stronger with someone who was willing to focus on safety.” The social network, changed its name to Meta last week, in a rebrand that focuses on building the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. 

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California [US], October 12 (ANI): Facebook's Oversight Board said on Monday it is set to meet with the company's former employee who accused the social media giant of overlooking the safety of its users.

Washington [US], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Facebook announced on Thursday that it is launching new mental health resources, tools and programming across all its apps, after being criticized by a former employee in the US Congress of the social media platform's negative effects on children.

Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): Facebook Chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg has rejected accusations that the social network prioritises profit over its users' safety.