Article 3AF1W Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart

Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart

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Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco
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Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy 'the social fabric of how society works'

A former Facebook executive has said he feels "tremendous guilt" over his work on "tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works", joining a growing chorus of critics of the social media giant.

Chamath Palihapitiya, who was vice-president for user growth at Facebook before he left the company in 2011, said: "The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works. No civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth."

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