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December 12, 2017 07:38 pm GMT
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Facebook responds to criticism that the network is 'destroying how society works'
In an unexpected move, Facebook PR just pushed back against criticism after a former executive's critical words of the company affecting our behavior and society spread this week.
“The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works," said Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and served as its vice president for user growth.
The comments were made on Nov. 13 but a video of him speaking at Stanford Graduate School of Business circulated after The Verge shared it on Monday, nearly a month after the event. Read more...
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