Analysis
6 December 2018
Facebook grew so big that it destabilised the world. What now?
By Chelsea Whyte
What is Facebook good for? The company’s stated mission is to build community and bring the world closer together, but these days it often achieves the opposite.
The social network has been embroiled in controversy for allowing the spread of hate speech in Myanmar, facilitating misinformation that affected the outcomes of the 2016 US election and the UK Brexit vote, and damaging democratic norms around the world.
Now, the UK parliament has published internal emails from Facebook that reveal the mindset inside the …
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187585-facebook-grew-so-big-that-it-destabilised-the-world-what-now/
