Facebook is in trouble once again.
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The release of the Facebook Papers has shown that the Menlo Park-based tech giant could be responsible for dangerous and misleading content.
The papers were released by the former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who gave testimonies before Congress on the harmful environment of the Facebook company.
Wired Magazine was one of the 17 publications that received access to the Facebook Papers, which was originally obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Wired writer and tech-researcher Gilad Edelman said he has been drowned in "virtual papers" since the story first broke.
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"These documents are thousands of pages of research papers, discussion posts, and all kinds of stuff by researchers on Facebook’s integrity team but also from people at other parts of the company," Edelman told KCBS Radio’s Bay Current on Wednesday. "It’s been a fun challenge to zero on it and help us understand this company better."
"These documents were included in disclosures that Frances made to the Security and Exchange Commission and to Congress. They are redacted to protect the identity of Facebook employees," Edelman added.
Facebook employees are claiming that the company has ignored their requests to review the harmful impacts of their products.
"For Mark Zuckerberg and the company’s leadership, the more that people are using the product, the more the world is being connected," Edelman said. "I’m not saying that the company is setting out to do bad, but many of the people that work for the company think that it's doing bad inadvertently."
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