Facebook Whistleblower Says the Company ‘Over and Over Again’ Has Shown ‘It Chooses Profit Over Safety’

Facebook whistleblower Fances Haugen says while at Facebook she saw “over and over again” that “there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.”

During a “60 Minutes” interview, Haugen said, “Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety.”

The former Facebook Inc. employee is expected to testify before Congress on Tuesday and wants the federal government to impose regulations.

“Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. She believes the federal government should impose regulations and plans to testify before Congress this week. https://t.co/YoKIyorZzu pic.twitter.com/RWlk9QOwZu

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 3, 2021

“Facebook has realized that if they change the algorithm to be safer, people will spend less time on the site, they’ll click on less ads, they’ll make less money,” says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. https://t.co/wbxxfgorNE pic.twitter.com/zpQIwcdatr

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 3, 2021

Haugen left Facebook in May. She was hired to join the company’s “Civic Integrity” team. However, she grew “frustrated by what she saw as the company’s lack of openness about its platforms’ potential for harm and unwillingness to address its flaws,” as The Wall Street Journal writes.

She is “responsible for leaking documents behind a Wall Street Journal series,” as The Washington Post writes, and the “60 Minutes” interview is the first time her identity was revealed.  – READ MORE