Frances Haugen thinks Facebook won’t change if Zuckerberg follows

The former Facebook employee who denounced the company’s bad practices, Frances Haugen, said this Monday in Lisbon that he believes that technology will not change as long as Mark Zuckerberg remains the CEO and that it would be better if he had someone concerned about security at the helm.

“The company is unlikely to change if (Mark Zuckerberg) remains as CEO,” said Haugen during the opening session of the Web Summit on Lisboa, where he defended that the shareholders of the company, which will be renamed Meta, “they have the right” to elect its CEO.

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Haugen considers that “Facebook it would be stronger with someone willing to focus on safety. “

The former employee leaked internal documents with which she denounced that Facebook it puts its benefits before the safety of users and hides that its platforms are harmful to minors, promote social division and weaken democracy.

“I want to ensure that people have access to information so that they can make decisions”, He defended.

Haugen considered that the problem of Facebook the thing is “and again”Chooses to expand into new areas instead of solving his problems: “It is necessary that there be more resources in security. Instead of investing in that they invest in video games “, lament.

Even so, he assured that he does not lose faith that Zuckerberg can change his vision of the company: “It doesn’t make you a bad person to make mistakes, but it is unacceptable to keep making mistakes when you are aware of it.”

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Haugen was the highlight of the opening of the Web Summit, which also had the presence of one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, Ayo Tometi, to talk about the social movement and the use of technology.

“We are at a time when technology can help us move forward and create debate”, said Tometi, who asked attendees “On which side of the storyThey want to be.

Tometi pointed out that the world has the opportunity to use technology “To accelerate the realization of our values.”

“The moment is now”he urged.

This Monday’s session kicked off a Web Summit that comes back to Lisboa after a remote edit by the pandemic.

“Five months ago we did not know if the Web Summit I could come back this year ”, the founder of the congress, Paddy Cosgrave, who recalled that Portugal is “The most vaccinated country in the world”Against covid-19.

The new mayor of Lisboa, Carlos Moedas, who assured that his dream is for the city to be the world capital of innovation.

Moedas, former European Commissioner for Innovation, revealed that he wants to go beyond Web Summit and create in Lisboa a Unicorn factory”, As companies valued at more than a billion dollars are called.

Panels and conferences of the Web Summit They will start this Tuesday and will run until Thursday, with the participation of 40,000 people.

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