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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul in San Francisco

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

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen speaking.
The Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is part of a bipartisan coalition to hold social media companies accountable. Photograph: Montinique Monroe/Reuters

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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