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STEVE: FACEBOOK UNDER FIRE AFTER
YEARS OF PRIVACY AND CONTENT
SCANDALS, CALLS NOW MOUNTING TO
BREAK UP THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT.
CHRIS HUGHES, ONE OF FACEBOOK'S
COFOUNDERS WRITING AN OP-ED
SAYING BREAKING UP THE SOCIAL
MEDIA GIANT IS THE ONLY WAY TO
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
HERE TO GO REACT, ONE OF
FACEBOOK'S EARLY INVESTORS ROGER
McTHAT ME.
AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK, "ZUCK,
WAKING UP TO THE FACEBOOK
CATASTROPHE ♪
>> WHAT IS THE FACEBOOK
DISDISASTER.
>> CHRIS HUGHES TALKING ABOUT
MARK ZUCKERBERG AND FACEBOOK
HAVE TOO MUCH POWER IN OUR
LIVES.
THEY'RE THE NOT ELECTED.
THEY'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE SYSTEM
THAT MAKES THE SO MUCH FUN, SO
INTERESTING TO PLAY WITH BECOME
A TOOL FOR BAD ACTORS TO HARM
INNOCENT PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF IT.
WE NEED TO HAVE MAJOR
INTERVENTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
STEVE: WHAT STARTED OUT AS
HARVARD A WAY TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE
IN YOUR UPCOMING CLASS, THIS
MORPHED INTO SOMETHING THAT
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD USE.
HOW IS IT DANGEROUS?
>> THE ISSUES IS THAT THERE IS A
COUPLE ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM.
THE BUSINESS MODEL IS REALLY
ABOUT GRABBING OUR ATTENTION.
THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO GET
YOU TO BUILD A HABIT, FOR MANY
OF THE US THE HABIT TIPS OVER
INTO ADDICTION, BEHAVIORAL
ADDICTION.
I SAY WHEN DO YOU CHECK YOUR
PHONE, FIRST THING IN THE
MORNING, WHILE YOU PEE OR OR
BEFORE YOU PEE?
THAT WAY THEY KEEP YOUR
ATTENTION.
THEY PROMOTED STUFF THAT IS MOST
COMPELLING TO US.
SADLY THAT TURNS OUT TOING HATE
SPEECH, DISINFORMATION AND
CONSPIRACY THEORIES WHICH CAUSE
A LOT OF ANGUISH.
STEVE: WE'RE KIND OF SHORT ON
TIME.
CHRIS HUGHES IS SAYING THEY HAVE
TO ESSENTIALLY CHANGE FACEBOOK
THE WAY IT IS NOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN?
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE
BUSINESS MODEL OF FACEBOOK,
GOOGLE, NOW INCREASINGLY AMAZON,
MICROSOFT, GET THEM OUT OF
BUSINESS OF SPYING ON US,
COLLECTING ALL OF OUR PERSONAL
DATA.
USING IT FOR THEIR PROFIT
AGAINST OUR INTERESTS.
I THINK THAT WILL BE HARD.
SOME THINGS LIKE SCANNING OF
EMAILS ARE EASY TO BAN AND
SHOULD BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
THE REST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO