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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen to Urge Congress to Take Action

HeadlineOct 05, 2021

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is testifying on Capitol Hill today and is expected to call on lawmakers to take action against Facebook for the harm it poses to its users and the world. According to her prepared remarks, she will say, “When we realized tobacco companies were hiding the harms it caused, the government took action. When we figured out cars were safer with seat belts, the government took action. And today, the government is taking action against companies that hid evidence on opioids. I implore you to do the same here.” Haugen’s testimony comes a day after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a six-hour outage disrupting online communication across the globe.

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