Two former Big Tech whistleblowers who testified before Congress about what they saw as disturbing business practices at Twitter (now X) and Facebook (now Meta) are sounding the alarm on the lack of progress made since they came forward.
Anika Collier Navaroli testified to the House Jan. 6 committee about Twitter’s role in fueling the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, while Frances Haugen testified before Congress in October 2021 about Facebook’s ability to manipulate users and keep them addicted. They both just wrote op-eds for The Hill that highlight what little has been done since.
In her piece, Navaroli wrote:
With the Israel-Hamas war now unfolding, we are now seeing that industry fail its first test since Musk began implementing his philosophy of free-speech absolutism. What has now become clear is that Musk’s vision of speech on X is one of the greatest dangers to democracy, especially leading into the 2024 elections.
As evidence of the danger Elon Musk poses to civil society, Navaroli’s op-ed highlights the X owner’s efforts to weaken content moderation; his dismantling of a team focused on election misinformation; X’s hopelessly flawed verification system; and Musk’s promotion of accounts known to spread misinformation.
Navaroli listed ways that other tech companies, including Meta, Amazon and Google, seem to have followed Musk’s lead on content moderation, bemoaning that the “largest communications platforms are now vulnerable to manipulation and interference at...
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