Should Christians Be Disturbed by Facebook’s Mess?

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, the revelations from a number of internal Facebook documents came to light, thanks to Frances Haugen, a former employee of the social media giant. The documents reveal that the organization, as The Washington Post summarized, “privately and meticulously tracked real-world harms exacerbated by its platforms, ignored warnings from its employees about the risks of their design decisions and exposed vulnerable communities around the world to a cocktail of dangerous content.” Chris Martin is content marketing editor at Moody Publishers. He studies internet culture and the effects of social media on broader society for fun. He is publishing a book with B&H Publishing in February called Terms of Service that is in the same vein as this newsletter. Martin joined global media manager Morgan Lee and executive editor Ted Olsen to discuss the revelations that these documents show, what this means for all of us regardless of whether we’re on Facebook or not, and if there’s a “Christian” way to react to this news.What is Quick to Listen? Read more. Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow this week's hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen Follow our guest on Twitter: Chris Martin Subscribe to his Substack: Terms of Service Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Faith Ndlovu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at Apologeticsky.com.
0:22.0	This week, the revelations from a number of internal Facebook documents came to light,
0:27.1	thanks to Francis Hogan, a former employee of the social media giant.
0:31.6	The documents reveal that the organization, as the Washington Post summarized,
0:36.2	quote, privately and meticulously tracked real world harms
0:40.3	exacerbated by its platforms, ignored warnings from its employees about the risks of their
0:45.1	design decisions, and exposed vulnerable communities around the world to a cocktail of dangerous
0:50.1	content. Most of us listening to the show use Facebook. And for those who don't associate
0:56.0	themselves with their flagship product, you're probably on Instagram or use WhatsApp. So we wanted to
1:01.4	get into some of the revelations that these documents show. We'll also be talking about how
1:07.0	some of the challenges that Facebook is struggling with mirror the challenges of the church
1:11.0	and what that might mean for us as Christians.
1:15.6	You're listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes discuss a major
1:20.9	cultural event.
1:22.3	I'm Morgan Lee, Global Media Manager at Christianity Today.
1:25.7	And I'm Ted Olson and I am executive editor of Christianity today.
1:29.9	All right, Ted,
1:42.5	wow, it's been an interesting week in journalism slash the social media world.
1:48.1	How are you processing all of it?
1:50.2	Journalists and publishers and executive editors have strong feelings about Facebook.
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