Whistleblower Frances Haugen on the alliance to hold social media accountable: ‘We need to act now’

Whistleblower Frances Haugen on the alliance to hold social media accountable: ‘We need to act now’

The former Facebook manager joins the Council for Responsible Social Media, a new coalition created to press big tech to change

Frances Haugen left her role as a product manager at Facebook in 2021, bringing with her a cache of internal documents illustrating allegations of wrongdoing at the company.

But a year later, despite congressional hearings and investigations, Meta has made few meaningful changes to its policies, Haugen says, and as the US midterm elections approach, the stakes are high.

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