Facebook whistleblower: If we reformed Section 230, Facebook would rid engagement-based ranking

Facebook whistleblower and former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen takes questions from Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) about Facebook’s algorithm. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told a Senate panel Tuesday that Congress must intervene to solve the “crisis” created by her former employer’s products. The former Facebook product manager for civic misinformation told lawmakers that Facebook consistently puts its own profits over users’ health and safety, which is largely a result of its algorithms’ design that steers users toward high-engagement posts that in some cases can be more harmful.