China and Iran are using Facebook’s platform to spy on enemies. A Facebook whistleblower has informed the US Congress, which had previously leaked secret internal Facebook documents and revealed negative effects on the mental health of social media users. He said the lack of Facebook’s anti-espionage team is a threat to national security. Facebook is banned in both China and Iran, but Francis Hogg told a subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security that the Chinese government used Facebook to monitor udgar populations outside its borders, he said. “My team worked directly on monitoring Chinese involvement on the platform to monitor Uyghur populations in locations around the world. In July, Facebook said it had engaged a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber-espionage operation. About 200 accounts run by him were deleted.
Francis Hogg revealed that Facebook’s algorithm is creating a gap between different sections of society. Because of Facebook, people start hating each other and sometimes it leads to incidents like riots. According to Hagen, the company is well aware of this and Facebook also has a system that can be used to stop hate speech. Facebook also used the technology during last year’s election in the United States, but it led to a decline in Facebook ads and the system was shut down shortly after the election. Every year 6 lakh 30 thousand crore rupees are earned from Facebook advertising.
Wherever there is violence, there are riots, people spread hatred against each other or there are demonstrations against governments all over the world including India. Most of them start with social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp. This means that this social media platform is like a double-edged sword, which not only spreads information to people, but also kills lives. Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari says that in today’s era companies like Facebook can influence election results and put voters’ minds on which leader they want to vote for. So in the coming days technology companies can also hack your brain. And can affect every decision in your life. Facebook is already working in this direction.