Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy ‘the social fabric of how society works’A former Facebook executive has said he feels “tremendous guilt” over his work on “tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works”, joining a growing chorus of critics of the social media giant. I can control my kids’ decisions, which is that they’re not allowed to use that shit.”He also called on his audience to “soul-search” about their own relationship to social media. The social media giant has faced increasing criticism for its power to polarize. “When Chamath was at Facebook we were focused on building new social media experiences and growing Facebook around the world,” a company spokeswoman, Susan Glick, said in a statement. “Facebook was a very different company back then, and as we have grown, we have realized how our responsibilities have grown too.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2017 01:36 UTC