Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to give highly anticipated testimony to a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Silicon Valley giant ignored internal warnings about misinformation and dangerous content.
On Sunday, Frances Haugen revealed herself as the Facebook whistleblower in a “60 Minutes” interview, alleging the company disregarded safeguards to combat disinformation following the 2020 election. She will testify before Congress later this week.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security will convene a hearing Tuesday where a Facebook whistleblower will testify on privacy regulations for children.
Her testimony comes less than 48 hours after she told "60 Minutes" that "there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook."
The former Facebook data analyst is coming before the US Senate following her explosive revelations about the tech giant's knowledge and negligence of its own harmful effects.
The Facebook whistleblower who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents will testify today before a Senate subcommittee about the company's impact on kids. Follow here for the latest news.
Frances Haugen, a former project manager for Facebook, will testify in a Senate hearing about how the social network was aware of its harm to young people but did nothing to address concerns.
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