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Business Matters: Facebook hits back at whistleblower's claims

Facebook stocks plummet in the aftermath of whistblower's revelations

06/10/2021 GMT

Facebook hits back at whistleblower's claims

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Facebook hits back at whistleblower's claims

An ex-employee told lawmakers that Facebook prioritised profits over its users safety.

Frances Haugen, who worked at Facebook, told a US Senate committee that she believed the company had put its profits first when executives knew what harm its platform could do to children and democracy. Facebook has pushed back against claims. We get details from Kari Paul, technology reporter, Guardian US. Also in the programme, the electric car giant Tesla has been ordered to pay nearly $137 million to a former Black worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker’s factory. Plus, Snapchat is rolling out a new “Run for Office” in-app tool to encourage young people to run for local office.  And the BBC's Dougal Shaw reports on a new dating app that uses people's music tastes to try and make a match. We're joined throughout the programme by Simon Littlewood of ACG Global in Singapore and Ann Dwyer, Editor of Crain's Chicago Business.

(Picture: Frances Haugen, former Facebook employee. Picture credit: Getty.)

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