Facebook Whistleblower Claims Profit Was Prioritized Over Clamping Down on Hate Speech

Facebook Whistleblower Claims Profit Was Prioritized Over Clamping Down on Hate Speech
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is interviewed by Scott Pelley for a CBS News 60 Minutes program in an undated photograph. Robert Fortunato for CBS News/60 Minutes/Handout via Reuters
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A Facebook whistleblower who is due to testify before Congress on Oct. 5 has accused the Big Tech company of repeatedly putting profit before doing “what was good for the public,” including clamping down on hate speech.

Frances Haugen, who told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program that she was recruited by Facebook as a product manager on the civic misinformation team in 2019, said she and her attorneys have filed at least eight complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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