Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says
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By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Facebook Inc will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms pushing extreme and divisive content, whistleblower Frances Haugen told the British parliament on Monday. The former employee, who accused the social media giant of putting profit before people at a Senate subcommittee earlier this month, said she was encouraged by British plans to force big tech companies to tackle harmful content on their platforms. Facebook, Haugen said, saw online safety as a cost and the company lionised a startup culture where cuttin…