Whistleblower accuses Facebook of misleading public and investors
San Francisco | A whistleblower accused Facebook on Sunday (Monday AEST) of placing “profit over safety”, as it emerged that she had complained to US securities regulators that the social media company was misleading investors.
Speaking on news program 60 Minutes, Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, unmasked herself as the whistleblower who leaked a trove of internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal. Her revelations have plunged the social media company into its deepest crisis since the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Financial Times
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