And she came armed with receipts to buttress her account - the thousands of pages of company documents that lay bare exactly what Facebook knew about its products.įacebook executive Monika Bickert told NPR's Morning Edition that the company does not place profits over safety, citing the social network's halting of political ads before the November presidential election. But two things distinguish her: She is a compelling witness, speaking with conviction, specificity and depth. Haugen is not the first ex-Facebook employee who has raised concerns about the world's largest social network.
government, and from governments around the world." "The company intentionally hides vital information from the public, from the U.S. "During my time at Facebook, I came to realize a devastating truth: Almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook," Haugen told Congress.
In some cases, this dangerous online talk has led to actual violence that harms and even kills people," Haugen testified.īefore Haugen left the social network, she copied thousands of pages of confidential documents and shared them with lawmakers, regulators and The Wall Street Journal, which published a series of reports called the Facebook Files. "The result has been more division, more harm, more lies, more threats and more combat. Haugen told Congress that Facebook consistently chose to maximize its growth rather than implement safeguards on its platforms, just as it hid from the public and government officials internal research that illuminated the harms of Facebook products.
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