Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Reveals Identity In Bombshell '60 Minutes' Interview
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Haugen, who worked on Facebook's civic misinformation team, secretly copied thousands of internal documents before leaving the company in May.
A whistleblowing former Facebook employee publicly revealed her identity for the first time on “60 Minutes” Sunday to condemn the company for helping to fuel the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and exacerbating the political polarization around the world.
The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, worked as a product manager on Facebook’s civic misinformation team during and after the 2020 election. She was so disturbed by several actions taken by Facebook during that time, she told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes,” that she leaked tens of thousands of pages of internal research to lawmakers, regulators and The Wall Street Journal, which did a series of stories called “The Facebook Files.”
Haugen said that the company’s own evidence shows that Facebook is lying to the public about making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation. Haugen’s lawyers have filed at least eight complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that Facebook lied to investors about it actions.