Thread: If trending can get more people interested in discussing Facebook’s heinous wrongs, let’s talk about it. This month a whistleblower approached my office to provide reports & documents about Facebook & Instagram. What they reveal is damning. 1/
We now know while Facebook publicly denies that Instagram is deeply harmful for teens, privately Facebook researchers/experts have been ringing the alarm. 2/
We now know that Facebook routinely puts profits ahead of kids’ online safety.
We know it chooses the growth of its products over the well-being of our children.
We now know it is indefensibly delinquent in acting to protect kids. 3/
We know it chooses the growth of its products over the well-being of our children.
We now know it is indefensibly delinquent in acting to protect kids. 3/
Facebook has asked us to trust it, but after these evasions & revelations, why should we?
It’s clear that Facebook has done nothing to earn that trust. Not from us, not from parents, not from the public. 4/
It’s clear that Facebook has done nothing to earn that trust. Not from us, not from parents, not from the public. 4/
In truth, Facebook is using Big Tobacco’s playbook. By hiding its own research on addiction & the toxic effects of its products, it has attempted to deceive the public & Congress about what it knows, while weaponizing childhood vulnerabilities against kids. 5/
Facebook has chosen growth over children’s mental health & wellbeing. Greed over preventing the suffering of children. 6/
We all know that Facebook treated protecting kids with disregard. If it had protected kids, like it did its revenue growth, it would have done a whole lot more. Instead, Facebook has evaded, misled, & deceived. 7/
Yesterday’s hearing was a continuation of our legislative pursuits, but also a call to action for Facebook to get real—real fast—about change. Parents, the public, & Congress deserve the truth. We need accountability. 8
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