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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Robert Booth

Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen
Haugen revealed the Facebook and Instagram owner’s struggles with user safety in 2021. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Mark Zuckerberg has “heard the message” from Donald Trump on restricting online content and his Meta platforms will intervene “less and less” on users during the president-elect’s administration, according to the whistleblower Frances Haugen.

Haugen, who revealed the Facebook and Instagram owner’s struggles with user safety in 2021, said the US president-elect thought “the right way to run social media is with no restrictions”.

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