Exhibit 718

Mark Zuckerberg's public response to the Haugen testimony, as reported

Exhibit 718 · Executive statement (reported)

Mark Zuckerberg's public response to the Haugen testimony, as reported

Zuckerberg's post responding to the Senate hearing. States that advertisers tell the company they do not want their ads next to harmful or angry content, and that the claim that Facebook puts profit over safety is untrue.

Source: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (reported by SiliconANGLE)
Date: 5 October 2021
Grade: Reported
Document: https://siliconangle.com/2021/10/05/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-denies-company-focuses-growth-safety/
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-3.3: Primary record Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, told a Senate subcommittee in a written statement of 4 October 2021 that the company's choices produced "a system that amplifies division, extremism, and polarization" and that its internal research confirmed the problems. Facebook's vice president of integrity had said in May 2020 that the company took steps against polarization, some at a cost to revenue, and Zuckerberg said on 5 October 2021 that the profit-over-safety claim was untrue.
Finding POL-3.4: Reported News reports of internal Facebook documents state that staff warned in 2018 and 2019 that ranking changes rewarded outrage and that company leaders declined some proposed changes. Facebook disputes these accounts.