Frances Haugen
Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022 18:00 pm
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- Haugen is a data engineer, technologist and whistleblower.
- In 2021, she made global headlines by releasing tens of thousands of pages of Facebook's internal data to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Wall Street Journal.
- Haugen alleged that Facebook consistently chose profits over people, allowing disinformation to spread on its platform.
- Lawmakers have seized on Haugen's disclosures, using her revelations as an argument to better regulate Facebook and other big tech firms.
- Haugen says she never intended to be a whistleblower, but wants to use her platform to start a nonprofit dedicated to social media reform.