Channel 4 spoke with Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor who has become a critic of the company over issues including the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. He said Facebook stood to benefit from extreme content.
“It’s the really extreme, really dangerous form of content that attracts the most highly engaged people on the platform," he said. “Facebook understood that it was desirable to have people spend more time on site if you’re going to have an advertising-based business.”