WhistleblowerFrances Haugen has exposed major problems at Facebook, but the data scientist has also proposed some solutions.

One of her most eye-catching suggestions is changing the ordering of news feeds on Facebook and Instagram.

Facebooksalgorithmscurrently steer users to content that generates more engagement.

Facebook whistleblower has an obvious solution to fix the news feed

She believes these risks would be reduced by switching to achronological newsfeed.

Haugen argues that ordering posts by time would deliver safer content.

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