After Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, accused her former employer of being complicit in the January 6 insurrection, Clegg called the allegation “ludicrous” and claimed that individuals, not Facebook, were responsible for what happened in Washington that day. The specific allegation from Haugen was that Facebook made a postelection change to its algorithm that elevated election-related conspiracy theories and empowered far-right Facebook groups to plan for the riot. To be clear, Facebook admits it made this change, and it does not deny the change had this effect. It just thinks it
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