{"id":7338,"date":"2018-03-29T23:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T23:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2018-03-27T23:50:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T23:50:43","slug":"linked-former-facebook-exec-says-social-media-is-ripping-apart-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/linked-former-facebook-exec-says-social-media-is-ripping-apart-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2222,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/16761016\\\/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251007185113\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/16761016\\\/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 23:06:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 23:06:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/12\/11\/16761016\/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society &#8211; The Verge<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>He went on to describe an incident in India where hoax messages about kidnappings shared on WhatsApp led to the lynching of seven innocent people. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d said Palihapitiya. \u201cAnd imagine taking that to the extreme, where bad actors can now manipulate large swathes of people to do anything you want. It\u2019s just a really, really bad state of affairs.\u201d He says he tries to use Facebook as little as possible, and that his children \u201caren\u2019t allowed to use that shit.\u201d He later adds, though, that he believes the company \u201coverwhelmingly does good in the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Internet is a privilege not a right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society &#8211; The Verge: He went on to describe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-03-29T23:46:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"40e69a10-3c6a-4067-acbe-aa5912dad458","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-03-29T23:46:23Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AQOaaEDxqQGesvqpZEtrUWA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Um","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6926,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/17\/linked-an-interview-with-gabe-rivera\/","url_meta":{"origin":7338,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8230;an interview with Gabe Rivera","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Buzzfeed: (ugh, I hate linking to this shit-hole of a website) Why is that Adam? 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Despite the fact that i haven\u2019t hired a web designer to update my website, I\u2019m not really into social\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3962,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/08\/15\/linked-facebooks-news-feed-algorithm\/","url_meta":{"origin":7338,"position":5},"title":"\u2605 Linked: &#8220;Facebook&#8217;s News Feed Algorithm&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"via Facebook for Business' Blog: Everything posted to that blog most social media \"experts\" have already realized for themselves but it is really nice to see it written out like this. If you care about what Facebook shows you, click the link. Still, Twitter is way better. 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