What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked
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What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 30 2023 state attorney general lawsuits revealed internal documents showing deliberate design to maximi
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, Facebook’s internal research found that 13.5% of U.K. teen girls said Instagram made their suicidal thoughts worse. The company’s own docume…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 29 2023 congressional testimony revealed company had research showing social comparison features caused
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2019, Meta’s internal research found that Instagram’s "social comparison" features—likes, follower counts, and algorithmic ranking—caused measurab…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 28 2022 internal documents showed Instagram algorithm recommended anorexia content to users who engaged
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In September 2021, an internal Instagram study found that its algorithm recommended anorexia-related content to 1 in 5 users who engaged with diet or…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 27 2022 research showed WhatsApp being used to coordinate ethnic violence in India one team member assi
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 2018, a Facebook researcher assigned to monitor WhatsApp in India wrote in an internal memo that the platform was being used to "coordinate a…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 26 2022 internal documents showed company knew advertising to children under 13 was occurring despite s
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In June 2021, Meta’s internal research found that 12.6% of Instagram accounts belonging to users under 13 were actively engaging with advertising—des…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 25 2021 internal research showed political content suppression after 2020 election hurt publisher reven
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In August 2021, an internal Facebook (now Meta) research team found that suppressing political content after the 2020 U.S. election had reduced publi…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 24 2021 documents revealed Facebook knew its own fact-checking program was ineffective and maintained i
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2021, a Facebook internal memo titled "Fact-Checking at Scale: An Integrity Systems Deep Dive" concluded that the company’s third-party fact…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 23 2021 internal research showed adolescent users were being targeted by predators through recommendati
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In August 2020, Facebook’s internal research found that its recommendation algorithms were actively pushing content to adolescent users that increase…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 22 2021 documents showed company knew human trafficking was being facilitated through its platforms
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2019, Facebook’s own internal research team concluded that its platforms—including Instagram and WhatsApp—were being used to facilitate hu…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 21 2021 internal research found only 3-5 percent of hate speech was being successfully removed
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2021, Facebook’s own internal research found that its systems were removing only 3-5% of hate speech on the platform. The company’s public c…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 20 2021 internal documents showed company knew about vaccine misinformation spread and delayed action
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On August 19, 2021, a Facebook data scientist wrote in an internal memo that the company’s algorithms were amplifying vaccine misinformation at a rat…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 19 2021 internal research showed Facebook aware its platforms were used to coordinate January 6 events
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 21, 2020—two weeks before the U.S. Capitol riot—Facebook’s internal threat intelligence team identified a network of 250 accounts and pag…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 18 2021 Frances Haugen leaked internal documents showing company knew about harm and prioritised growth
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2019, Facebook researchers presented a 606-page internal report titled "The Facebook File: An Analysis of Facebook’s Impact on the 2018 U.S.…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 17 2020 internal report found Facebook ads enabled housing discrimination in violation of Fair Housing
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2016, Facebook’s own internal audit found that its advertising tools allowed landlords to exclude users from seeing housing ads based on race, gen…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 16 2020 internal documents showed company knew it treated high-profile users differently from its state
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In October 2019, Facebook’s internal content moderation guidelines explicitly instructed employees to treat high-profile users—politicians, celebriti…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 15 2020 internal research showed Stop the Steal group growing rapidly action delayed for weeks
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On October 21, 2020—two weeks before the U.S. presidential election—Facebook’s internal research team warned executives that the “Stop the Steal” mov…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 14 2019 internal study found removing yourself from Facebook made you happier and less politically pola
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2019, Facebook’s own researchers conducted a study in which they paid users to deactivate their accounts for four weeks. The results, docume…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 13 2019 integrity team proposed changes to reduce political polarisation rejected because it reduced en
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In September 2019, Facebook’s Civic Integrity team proposed a series of changes to reduce political polarization on the platform—including demoting v…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 12 2019 internal research showed Instagram was more harmful to teenage mental health than other platfor
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In March 2020, Facebook’s own researchers concluded that Instagram made body image issues worse for one in three teenage girls—and that the platform’…
What Facebook Knew Before Congress Asked: 11 2018 Myanmar genocide UN investigators said Facebook played determining role company had one Burmese
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In August 2018, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar concluded that Facebook had played a “determining role” …