Facebook (dan perusahaan induknya Meta Platforms) telah menjadi subyek kritik dan tindakan hukum sejak didirikan pada tahun 2004.[1] Kritiknya mencakup pengaruh besar Facebook terhadap kehidupan dan kesehatan pengguna dan karyawannya, serta pengaruh Facebook terhadap cara media, khususnya berita, dilaporkan dan didistribusikan. Masalah yang perlu diperhatikan termasuk privasi internet, seperti penggunaan tombol "suka" yang tersebar luas di situs web pihak ketiga yang melacak pengguna,[2][3] kemungkinan pencatatan informasi pengguna yang tidak terbatas,[4] perangkat lunak pengenalan wajah otomatis,[5][6] dan perannya di tempat kerja, termasuk pengungkapan akun pemberi kerja-karyawan.[7] Penggunaan Facebook dapat menimbulkan dampak negatif psikologis dan fisiologis [8] yaitu meliputi perasaan cemburu seksual,[9][10] stres,[11][12] kurangnya perhatian,[13] dan kecanduan media sosial yang dalam beberapa kasus dapat disamakan dengan kecanduan narkoba.[14][15]
Operasi Facebook juga mendapat liputan. Penggunaan listrik perusahaan,[16] penghindaran pajak,[17] kebijakan persyaratan pengguna nama asli,[18] kebijakan sensor,[19][20] penanganan data pengguna,[21] dan keterlibatannya dalam program pengawasan PRISM Amerika Serikat dan skandal data Facebook–Cambridge Analytica telah disorot oleh media dan kritikus.[22][23] Facebook telah berada di bawah pengawasan karena 'mengabaikan' atau mengelak dari tanggung jawabnya atas konten yang diunggah di platformnya, termasuk pelanggaran hak cipta dan kekayaan intelektual,[24] ujaran kebencian,[25][26] hasutan pemerkosaan,[27] kekerasan terhadap minoritas,[28][29][30] terorisme,[31][32] berita palsu,[33][34][35] Pembunuhan, kejahatan, dan insiden kekerasan di Facebook disiarkan langsung melalui fungsi Facebook Live- nya.[36][37][38]
Perusahaan dan karyawannya juga telah menjadi subjek kasus litigasi selama bertahun-tahun,[39][40][41][42] dengan kasus yang paling menonjol menyangkut tuduhan bahwa CEO Mark Zuckerberg melanggar kontrak lisan dengan Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, dan Divya Narendra untuk membangun jaringan sosial "HarvardConnection" yang saat itu bernama pada tahun 2004, alih-alih diduga memilih untuk mencuri ide dan kode untuk meluncurkan Facebook beberapa bulan sebelum HarvardConnection dimulai.[43][44][45] Gugatan awal akhirnya diselesaikan pada tahun 2009, dengan Facebook membayar sekitar $20 juta tunai dan 1,25 juta saham.[46][47] Gugatan baru pada tahun 2011 ditolak.[48] Hal ini, bersama dengan kontroversi lain yang melibatkan Zuckerberg dan sesama pendiri sekaligus mantan CFO Eduardo Saverin, dieksplorasi lebih lanjut dalam film drama biografi Amerika tahun 2010 The Social Network . Beberapa kritikus menunjuk pada masalah yang menurut mereka akan mengakibatkan kehancuran Facebook. Facebook telah dilarang oleh beberapa pemerintah karena berbagai alasan, termasuk Suriah,[49] Tiongkok,[50] Iran [51] dan Rusia.
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