Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen in 2021

Frances Haugen (born 1983 or 1984) is an American product manager, data engineer and scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.

Quotes

• The damage to self-interest and self-worth inflicted by Facebook today will haunt a generation.
  • "‘Facebook products harm children, stoke division’: Top quotes from Frances Haugen’s testimony", The Indian Express (October 5, 2021)

• Children of America are hooked on their product. There is cynical knowledge on behalf of these Big Tech companies that this is true.
  • "‘Facebook products harm children, stoke division’: Top quotes from Frances Haugen’s testimony", The Indian Express (October 5, 2021)

• Big Tech now faces the Big Tobacco jaw-dropping moment of truth.
• Children of America are hooked on their product. There is cynical knowledge on behalf of these Big Tech companies that this is true.
  • "‘Facebook products harm children, stoke division’: Top quotes from Frances Haugen’s testimony", The Indian Express (October 5, 2021)

• Facebook is not interested in making significant changes to improve kids' safety on their platforms, at least not when that would result in losing eyeballs on posts or decreasing their ad revenues.
  • "What they said: Quotes from a Facebook hearing in Congress", Reuters (October 5, 2021)