Is Facebook a psychopath?

Everyone’s favorite boogeyman is in the news again...

Everyone’s favorite boogeyman is in the news again: Facebook.

Here, even Republicans and Democrats seem to agree—as they share photos of cute animals over group chat.

By now, news have quickly spread that a Facebook whistleblower has testified that the company is well aware that the platform is being used to spread misinformation and content that can harm young people, in particular, by exploiting negative emotions to keep them engaged longer, but refuses to make changes that would hurt its bottom line.  

Basically, data scientist Frances Haugen has testified to what we already knew for years via…common sense—no special studies or leaks required. But, cue the outrage anyways.

Here’s the thing though: Legally a company isn’t required to care about its consumers. A corporation by its nature always acts in its self-interest. That self-interest is generally cold hard cash. To expect for a public corporation to truly care about ethics or display empathy is rather naive. It’s a corporation, aft…