Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says the company's algorithms amplify harmful content.
She believes that switching to a chronological feed would be one way to make Facebook healthier.
Here's how you can make your Facebook feed chronological.
Debates around how Facebook, and its new parent company Meta, could make its platform safer for users have heated up again lately after whistleblower Frances Haugen started leaking company documents to the press. She followed that up with appearances before lawmakers in the US and beyond.
One of the main points Haugen has made during her various testimonies is related to "engagement-based ranking."
Engagement-based ranking is when social media companies like Meta create algorithms that determine where pieces of content are placed on your feed to try and maximise engagement.
Although the documents Haugen leaked covered a wide range of issues including misinformation, hate speech, and teen mental health, she believes getting rid of engagement-based ranking and replacing it with chronological news feeds is one way of tackling the diverse set of problems Facebook and its affiliated platforms face.
Haugen argues engagement-based ranking promotes content that provokes strong emotional reactions, and so is biased towards harmful content.
"[Facebook's] own research is showing that content that is hateful, that is divisive, that is polarizing — it's easier to inspire people to anger than it is to other emotions," Haugen told CBS.
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