Facebook says it has changed since the critical executive left six years ago.
Facebook has responded to recent comments made by a former executive that criticized the company.
Facebook says it takes responsibility for how its platform is used and “was a very different company” when the executive, Chamath Palihapitiya, worked there.
A Facebook spokesperson has responded to recent critical comments from former executive Chamath Palihapitiya, saying Facebook “was a very different company” during the period he worked there.
Palihapitiya spoke at Stanford’s business school last month and had harsh words for his former employer, saying Facebook and other social networks “are destroying how society works.” He also implied that early Facebook employees didn’t do enough to stem “unforeseen consequences” of abuse on the platform. His comments were picked up by several news outlets on Monday, including Business Insider.
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