Some Facebook employees are reportedly quitting or asking to switch departments over ethical concerns (FB)

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• Facebook engineers are quitting or trying to transfer to Instagram or WhatsApp, according to a recent report from the New York Times.
• Employee dissatisfaction reportedly stemmed from the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a data-analytics company used information from an estimated 87 million profiles to influence voters during the 2016 election. 
• Many believe Facebook could and should have done more to handle user data responsibly and were frustrated that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was silent for days after the allegations surfaced.
• Zuckerberg is preparing to testify in front of Congress about Facebook’s role in the scandal on Tuesday.

Some dissatisfied Facebook engineers are reportedly attempting to switch divisions to work on Instagram or WhatsApp, rather than continue work on the platform responsible for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to a recent report from the New York Times.

In March, Christopher Wylie, the founder of the data analytics company Cambridge Analytica, came forward to say that it had used data from over 50 million Facebook profiles to influence voters after it was hired by the Trump campaign prior to the 2016 election. Facebook was aware of the data Cambridge Analytica had, and asked the company to delete it upon changing its advertiser rules in 2015, but never followed up to ensure the deed was done. 

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