As the Park City School District works to shield junior high school students from the harmful effects of social media, requiring their cell phones to be locked away during the school day, Frances Haugen, who was the lead product manager of Facebook’s civic misinformation team, continues her work against her former employer saying the company prioritizes profits over public safety.
FULL INTERVIEW: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen
In 2021, Haugen turned over tens of thousands of Facebook’s internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the Wall Street Journal, which published a series of reports called “The Facebook Files.”
Once Haugen went public, she testified before Congress and explained how Meta lied to the public about making progress against hate and misinformation on its platforms.
Haugen’s attorneys have filed several complaints with the SEC, which enforces the law in financial markets, alleging that Facebook has lied and withheld information from its investors.
Haugen said she didn’t work on the distribution algorithms that have proved to be so harmful, though she did at other companies like Pinterest and Yelp.
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