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Former Facebook manager: We took a page from Big Tobaccos playbook

Speaking to Congress today, the former Facebook manager first tasked with making the company make money did not mince words about his role.

Allowing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, and fake news to flourish were like Big Tobacco's bronchodilators, which allowed the cigarette smoke to cover more surface area of the lungs.

To continue to grow the user base and in particular, the amount of time and attention users would surrender to Facebook, they needed more.

Kendall is far from the only former Facebook employee now to be expressing regret for his former work and staking out a stance against the company.

A few weeks later, Hughes took that message on a tour through Washington, meeting with members of Congress, the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James to make a detailed case against Facebook.

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