1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJennings Brownhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jenningsbrown-usa/Facebook Responds After Former Exec Suggests It's Destroying Our Minds And Societyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZW6SddWr4k"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/12/facebook-responds-after-former-exec-suggests-its-destroying-our-minds-and-society/">Facebook Responds After Former Exec Suggests It’s Destroying Our Minds And Society</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2017/12/facebook-responds-after-former-exec-suggests-its-destroying-our-minds-and-society/embed/#?secret=ZW6SddWr4k" width="600" height="338" title="“Facebook Responds After Former Exec Suggests It’s Destroying Our Minds And Society” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="ZW6SddWr4k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/13/fqzyp5cbvmysmc8drkgy.jpg?quality=7525251421Yesterday, Gizmodo and other outlets signal-boosted recent statements from former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya saying that social media sites are “ripping apart the social fabric of how society works”. Many of his incriminating assessments echoed analysis made a few days earlier by former Facebook president Sean Parker. Today, Facebook responded directly to what Palihapitiya said.