Facebook’s quarterly profits rise amid scandal

Facebook recorded a quarterly profit of over $9 billion (€7.75 billion), the company announced on Monday.

The profits come amid increasing criticism of the company as new internal data, leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen, show that Facebook prioritised its own growth over public safety concerns.

The allegations range from CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally signing off on a company plan to censor government critics in Vietnam at the request of the country’s communist ruling party, to being conspicuous to shareholders about a decline in the number of teenagers using the app.

Zuckerberg maintained that the allegations were selective and painted the company in poor light.