Oct 29, 2021
Facebook: We are putting safety before profits
Facebook says it's "Spending and doing more than any other tech company" on safety. The company's vice president also told Newsbeat that Instagram, which it owns, makes young people "Feel better". Nicola Mendelsohn says the company is not putting profits before safety and is spending $5bn this year "On protecting people's safety, data and their privacy on our platforms". Some leaked reports have claimed Facebook sat on research that showed Instagram harmed teenage mental health, and struggled to remove hate speech from its platforms outside the US.Mark Zuckerberg has described the reports as a "Coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company". She says the company puts their youngest users' safety first and that it's working with experts to develop safety features for under-18s."We've built new features, like Take A Break, that encourages people to limit the time that they spend on our apps as well."Actually what young people are telling us is that the time that they spend on Instagram actually makes them feel better, especially if they're people that are struggling with things like loneliness.
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