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Frances Haugen: “It is when they are afraid that social networks protect their users”

2024-02-04T17:21:03.071Z

Highlights: Frances Haugen is at the origin of the leak of tens of thousands of internal documents from the Meta group (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) Haugen was questioned by legislators to help them better regulate social networks. While Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed in the US Senate last Wednesday alongside the leaders of TikTok, Snapchat, on Facebook, Fayard. This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 92% left to discover. Flash sale -70% on digital subscription I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in.


MAJOR INTERVIEW - The Facebook whistleblower returns to the hearing of the bosses of social networks in Congress.


Two years ago, the world discovered the face of Frances Haugen.

This American is at the origin of the leak of tens of thousands of internal documents from the Meta group (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), of which she was an employee, and which fueled an investigation by the

Wall Street Journal

called “The Facebook Files”.

From Washington to Brussels via London and Paris, the engineer was questioned by legislators to help them better regulate social networks.

Among the dysfunctions revealed by the whistleblower, the dangers represented by Instagram for the mental health of vulnerable adolescents particularly attracted attention.

While Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed in the US Senate

last Wednesday alongside the leaders of TikTok, Snapchat,

on Facebook

, Fayard), answers questions from Le Figaro.

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