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Posted: 2021-10-04T03:16:35Z | Updated: 2021-10-04T13:36:37Z

A whistleblowing former Facebook employee publicly revealed her identity for the first time on 60 Minutes Sunday to condemn the company for helping to fuel the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and exacerbating the political polarization around the world.

The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, worked as a product manager on Facebooks civic misinformation team during and after the 2020 election. She was so disturbed by several actions taken by Facebook during that time, she told Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes, that she leaked tens of thousands of pages of internal research to lawmakers, regulators and The Wall Street Journal, which did a series of stories called The Facebook Files.

Haugen said that the companys own evidence shows that Facebook is lying to the public about making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation. Haugens lawyers have filed at least eight complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that Facebook lied to investors about it actions.

I dont trust that [the company is] willing to actually invest what needs to be invested to keep Facebook from being dangerous, Haugen said.

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