Facebook whistleblower reveals identity ahead of Senate hearing
By Sheila Dang
(Reuters) – A former Facebook Inc employee revealed herself on Sunday as a result of the whistleblower who leaked a trove of inside agency evaluation that served because the premise of a Wall Street Journal investigative sequence.
The leak led to a Senate hearing and a model new wave of criticism over the detrimental have an effect on of the social media massive’s apps.
Frances Haugen appeared on Sunday on the television program “60 Minutes.” She will testify sooner than a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday in a hearing titled “Protecting Kids Online,” regarding the agency’s evaluation into Instagram’s affect on the psychological nicely being of youthful clients.
Last week, a Facebook govt testified to U.S. senators and disputed the Journal’s characterization of the evaluation, mentioning totally different findings that she acknowledged confirmed the app’s …