Frances Haugen, the former Facebook employee who testified before lawmakers last week, will now address her concerns with the social media giant's oversight board.
Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, accused Facebook of"choosing to prioritize its profits over people" in her opening statement before lawmakers.
"You can declare moral bankruptcy and we can figure out a fix [to] these things together because we solve problems together," Haugen said.Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled 'Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower' on Capitol Hill, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Her remarks sparked a backlash toward Facebook from lawmakers and others on a range of issues, such as Facebook's ability to hold high-profile users accountable to its rules through its so-called"cross check" program, the effectiveness of which was called into question by a"In light of the serious claims made about Facebook by Ms.
The Oversight Board teased that"scrutinizing cross-check" will be among the issues discussed with Haugen. Further details on the upcoming meetings with Haugen were not immediately disclosed Monday. "As the Board shared in September, we are currently looking into whether Facebook has been fully forthcoming in its responses on its ‘cross-check’ system and will share our analysis in our first release of quarterly transparency reports later this month," the panel said in a statement."Facebook has also said it will ask the Board to review how cross-check can be improved and to offer recommendations.
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