#216 - Whistleblower claims Facebook puts profits before people & government chatbot “Jamie” doles out safe sex advice

Recently, an ex-employee of Facebook, Frances Haugen, testified at a US Senate hearing about how there is no accountability within Facebook’s leadership with regards to the harm caused to users of the social media platform. Is Facebook really as evil as it sounds? Also, users found that “Ask Jamie”, the AI chatbot service that answers FAQs on most SG government services websites, will dole out safe sex advice whenever asked about positive COVID-19 tests. The Ministry of Health has since taken down the chatbot on their website, but what caused the glitch in the first place? 

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Whistleblower claims Facebook puts profits before people

• Facebook Whistleblower: What You Need to Know | Time
• 4 takeaways from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony : NPR
• Facebook and WhatsApp outage: Downtime and whistleblower testimony renew focus on dangers of Facebook’s global reach
• Frances Haugen on 60 Minutes: Why the Facebook whistleblower leak is different from its other PR crises - Vox
• Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook whistleblower claims | The Guardian
• The Facebook Files - WSJ
• What the Wall Street Journal Got Wrong - About Facebook
• Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during Facebook outage

Government chatbot  “Jamie” doles out safe sex advice

• MOH temporarily disables Ask Jamie chatbot after 'misaligned replies' - CNA

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