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Frances Haugen brings platform transparency back to Rich Roll

A revisit to their 2023 conversation expands into an episode featuring Jonathan Haidt, Max Fisher and Vivek Murthy.

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5:03Haugen says she joined Facebook to tackle civic misinformation and help address systemic algorithm problems.
20:10Haugen and Roll examine how advertising and subscription models create different incentives for social platforms.
23:36Haugen identifies the dissolution of her Civic Integrity team as a turning point in her hopes for internal reform.
44:14Haugen advocates legally required transparency and researcher access to information that could test platforms' safety claims.

Rich Roll returns to an interview rather than starting from scratch: his conversation with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen supplies the foundation for the most-watched of his five uploads this week. Prompted by Aaron Sorkin's film The Social Reckoning, the episode has drawn roughly 32,000 views.

Haugen describes joining Facebook to work on civic misinformation, then losing faith in the possibility of internal reform. The discussion moves beyond what appears in a feed to what outsiders can actually inspect. At its most concrete, she calls for legal requirements giving researchers access to platform information, so safety promises can be examined rather than simply accepted.

Roll then widens the conversation with earlier interviews featuring Jonathan Haidt, Max Fisher and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. This is an archive-led episode, not a new roundtable, and it includes paid advertising breaks.

The freshest momentum belongs to Tom Hopper. His new conversation, "Why I Quit Drinking Without Hitting Rock Bottom | Tom Hopper," is currently drawing views faster than any other upload on the channel. The Umbrella Academy actor discusses approaching acting as a professional sport, working with Taylor Kitsch and choosing an alcohol-free life. Joe Manganiello's earlier interview also remains among the channel's busiest videos, alongside a newly posted excerpt about his Batman-related role and recovery.

Across the channel, subscribers held steady at 1.6 million. Daily views are a little below their usual level, while the week added more views than nearby interview channels Tim Ferriss and Colin and Samir. For Roll, the new Hopper interview and the Haugen archive revisit offer distinctly different routes into the same concern: how people shape the lives they inhabit.

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