Facebook was designed to be addictive: Insiders

Some of Facebook's features have been designed to keep users hooked to the platform, which can harm children and teens, top-level Facebook insiders admitted into a BBC Panorama program.

The social network giant is very aware of the negative effects of addictive technology, according to Sandy Parakilas, a former Facebook platform manager, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday.

"There was certainly an awareness of the fact that the product was addictive and addictive," he says by the BBC.

Facebook's founding president, Sean Parker, previously said that the company was "exploiting a" In response to Parker's allegation that Facebook had actually sought to attract people from the start, Ime Archibong, top Responsible for Facebook, told the BBC that he was still in tune with human psychology. "Leah Pearlman, co-inventor of Facebook's Like Button, says she's been trying to stop her." 39, use Facebook after leaving the company because she had begun to rely on the number of "likes" she had. 19659002] Insiders also expressed concern about how young people Kids are now being targeted with the launch of Facebook Messenger designed for children under 13.

The Kids Messenger app was launched in the US last year.In June of this year, Facebook introduced the application video call and messaging to families in Canada and Peru. AGENCIES