Facebook faced internal alarms over harmful content, New Mexico jury hears
By Maria Dinzeo ( September 17, 2026, 23:46 GMT | Insight) -- A Facebook employee warned senior colleagues in the run-up to the 2020 election that the company could catch only a fraction of the hate, violence and misinformation on its platform and urged it to “pause all recommendations” — a sweeping step the company did not take, a New Mexico jury heard Thursday in the state’s case against Facebook for allegedly misleading users about its privacy practices and its zero-tolerance approach to hate speech on the social media site.A Facebook employee warned senior colleagues in the run-up to the 2020 election that the company could catch only a fraction of the hate, violence and misinformation on its platform and urged it to “pause all recommendations” — a sweeping step the company did not take, a New Mexico jury heard Thursday in the state’s case against Facebook for allegedly misleading users about its privacy practices and its zero-tolerance approach to hate speech on the social media site....
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