Brian Fung | @[email protected]

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In imposing the initial restrictions, Facebook at the time designated the incident as a "mass murder" and limited searches and praise "per standard practice in these situations." FB declined to say whether it will revisit that characterization in light of the acquittal. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Facebook says it'll no longer limit users from searching for or praising Kyle Rittenhouse, lifting a policy that was put in place a couple of days after the Kenosha shootings. FB will still block posts celebrating the deaths of those who were killed, says spokesman @andymstone. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Haugen makes a very specific claim: There are simple tweaks Facebook could make to its algorithm overnight, she says, that would reduce misinformation on the platform by *25%.* https://t.co/T5jlWNcHoQ — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Playing a bit of catchup here but Haugen told Rep. Doyle that Facebook data shows Instagram is "substantially more dangerous" than other social media platforms, because it invites social and body comparison among teens. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Haugen says Facebook's internal research shows Instagram is "substantially more dangerous" to young girls than even other platforms because it invites "social comparison." E.g. healthy eating content becomes a rabbit hole to anorexia content, she says. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

More Haugen: "Facebook’s profit-optimizing machine is generating self-harm and self-hate, especially for vulnerable groups like teenage girls, the socially isolated, and the recently widowed. No one is held accountable." — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Haugen: "Facebook does not have safety by design, and it chooses every day to run the system 'hot' because it maximizes their profits." — PolitiTweet.org

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Some selected highlights from Haugen's opening remarks: She argues Facebook ignored internal alarm bells and "gaslit" outside experts documenting the harms Facebook poses to vulnerable populations, because of an obsession with profit. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Pallone highlights an idea that's common to both GOP and Democratic bills to rein in Big Tech these days, which is the targeted rollback of Section 230 protections for platforms when they "use algorithms to amplify certain content." — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Now getting underway: A House subcommittee hearing featuring Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who will testify that Facebook has consistently favored profits over the public good. Watch live here: https://t.co/WG4UY9ZfoT — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @leah_nylen: Alvaro Bedoya's nomination was vote was 14-14 out of Senate Commerce. With a tie vote, the nomination will require an addit… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @Swiftstories: Bedoya's nomination ends in tie vote 14-14 along party lines that will be reported to the full Senate. https://t.co/EgPkh… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Senate Commerce's top Republican, Roger Wicker, says he's in favor of voting to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel as FCC chair, but will not support confirming Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC over "divisive views on policy matters." — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @brianstelter: Breaking: CNN suspends Chris Cuomo. "These documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts tha… — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

"Enemy boat spotted" (Where my BF2 players at) — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Second, we saw in Agrawal's memo to employees an appeal to unity that seemed to acknowledge the some of the tensions that have surfaced between tech workers and tech companies. He really wants Twitter employees to feel like he's one of them. That dynamic's going to be tested. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

That trait is something that has and will shape the future of the product, its policies, and its responses to internal and external shocks. Someone with more of a business background might be expected to take a different approach, come in with a different mindset, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

A couple observations about Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal. First, Agrawal may not be a Twitter founder but he is a leader-engineer, and that makes him part of a longstanding custom in tech of elevating builders (as opposed to businesspeople). https://t.co/M4YlSffm89 — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@leah_nylen @politico @rebeccamkern Congrats @rebeccamkern! — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

In an internal memo, @jack says this was “my decision” and he owns it. Also takes a jab at what he describes as founder-leader ideology. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Twitter confirms Jack Dorsey is out as CEO, effective immediately, but he will remain on the board; Dorsey will be succeeded by CTO Parag Agrawal: https://t.co/3hq7wj4Hrh — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Slow start to the week — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

If you tried to email me at any point in the last three months or so, best to assume your message vanished into a black hole. If it was important, you can try me again now. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Back from parental leave today! Glad to see nothing at all happened while I was gone. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Today’s my last day at work before I head off on parental leave for a little while. I’ll mostly be not on this website (or any websites, hopefully) while I hang with my little girl. Please nobody make any news today, kthxbai https://t.co/LCTa4eGpfn — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

T-Mobile says it's "disappointed and frustrated" by its data breach and says the hacker got in via T-Mobile's testing systems before moving laterally to other servers. T-Mobile adds it's set up a customer web portal with various ID theft and other offers. https://t.co/9Ts0IwopHd — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Sheets of rain coming down in DC right now. Division 2 vibes. — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

RT @kylieatwood: Latest from the Pentagon: https://t.co/kFcWBzkwjh — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

Wow, the Journal interviewed the T-Mobile hacker who then went *on record* talking about the exploit: https://t.co/9MAMH1UZzD https://t.co/hQSkaFW08z — PolitiTweet.org

Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

So how much of that will the reporters get to see? — PolitiTweet.org