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A former Facebook executive has social media is great harm to society around the world. The executive is a man called Chamath Palihapitiya. He Facebook in 2007 and a vice president. He was responsible for increasing the number of users Facebook had. Mr Palihapitiya said he very guilty about getting more people to use social networks. He said the networks are society because they are changing people's behavior. Twenty years ago, people to each other face to face. Today, people message each other and do not talk. People also really about what other people think of them. They post photos and to see how many people like the photo. They very sad if people do not like the photo.

Mr Palihapitiya said people should a long break from social media so they can real life. He wants people to value each other instead of valuing online "hearts, likes, and thumbs-up". Palihapitiya also out how fake news is how we see the world. It is easier for large websites to spread lies. It is also becoming easier to other people online. Anyone can hide behind a fake user name and post lies about other people. Palihapitiya said this was a global problem. He is worried about social media so much that he has his children from using it. However, he did that Facebook a good company. He said: "Of course, it's not all bad. Facebook overwhelmingly good in the world."