Former Facebook manager: “We took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook”
“At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war,” he added.
Speaking to Congress today, the former Facebook manager first tasked with making the company make money did not mince words about his role. He told lawmakers that the company “took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset” and arguing that his former employer has been hugely detrimental to society.
Kendall is far from the only former Facebook employee now to be expressing regret for his former work and staking out a stance against the company. Others, too, have concluded that Facebook is long overdue for some kind of regulation or external enforcement push.