Instagram disclosure, along with other documents Haugen collected during his employment on Facebook, laid the foundation for The Wall Street Journal’s Facebook file series. “We have energized and bolded our efforts to protect children and make Facebook accountable,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, of the Senate Consumer Protection Subcommittee. “It’s not accurate that leaked internal investigations show that Instagram is’toxic’to teenage girls,” Facebook said in a statement. Haugen, who resigned from Facebook in April, was a product manager hired to protect him from election interference on Facebook. “In its statement, Facebook said, “Teams need to balance protecting the ability of billions of people to express themselves openly with the need to keep the platform safe and positive.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 31, 2021 06:06 UTC