New York:
A former employee of the social networking site Facebook has made a significant revelation, saying that Facebook has no interest in the mental health or well-being of its users, but rather encourages hateful and violent posts in order to earn money.
According to the international website, a former Facebook employee has revealed that the algorithm of the social networking site has been designed in such a way that it encourages violent and hateful content.
Former Facebook employee Francis Hoffen, speaking on a US TV channel program, claimed that Facebook has no interest in the mental health or well-being of its users, it only values its earnings.
According to Francis Hoffen, Facebook seems to delete or delete posts based on misinformation, including violent and hateful content, but this is not the case. According to him, Facebook removes only 5% of hateful content and less than 1% removes violent content.
She said that she was part of the Facebook team until the beginning of this year, after which she separated from them and in the past she has also worked with websites like Google and PinTrust. Comparing Facebook to Facebook, he claimed that Facebook encourages more dangerous and violent content.
The former employee alleged that Facebook’s algorithm was designed to promote vague and inaccurate information, so that people could search things on the website for a long time to find out the facts, because such practices Increases his earnings.
The woman made the revelations in the wake of a recent investigation by Facebook into its social media platforms, such as Instagram and WhatsApp. Instagram has been shown to have a negative effect on the mental health of young people.
The study, run by Facebook internally for three years, found that Instagram had a negative impact on young users, especially girls. One in three young girls using Instagram has a body image issue.