More employees of technology companies are coming forward with concerns and information about their workplaces following the disclosure earlier this month of the Facebook Inc. whistleblower’s identity, attorneys working on whistleblowing issues said.
“We didn’t see a ton in Silicon Valley, and suddenly we did,” said Mary Inman, an attorney representing whistleblowers at law firm Constantine Cannon LLP in San Francisco and London. “It just became more of an acceptable path to be a whistleblower; there are role models now.”
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Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, revealed herself to be the person who gathered documents that formed the basis of The Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series on issues within the social-media company. She has since gone public with her allegations and testified before Congress.
“You do see that, when someone very public comes forward, you are going to end up seeing more people in the tech industry potentially considering coming forward with what they are seeing in their own company,” said Jane Norberg, former chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower office.
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