Is Facebook bad for society, and does the company knowingly contribute to division and angst, in order to maximize usage and profit?
This is a key question that’s lingered for the past few years, especially since the 2016 US election. And now, we have some insight into Facebook’s own thinking on the subject – over the last two weeks, The Wall Street Journal has reported a range of internal studies, and responses to such from Facebook executives, which were leaked by a former Facebook staffer who sought to expose the company’s inaction in addressing key flaws in its design.
