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Whistleblower Haugen to Testify as UK Scrutinizes Facebook

News: Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen

October 5, 2021; Washington, DC, USA. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testifies before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security in Washington on Oct. 5, 2021. Haugen asserts Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in last year’s elections. She believes the action contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

LONDON (AP) — Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who are working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Haugen is set to appear Monday before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British government’s draft legislation to crack down on harmful online content.

It will be her second appearance before lawmakers after she testified before the U.S. Senate this month about the danger she says the company poses, from harming children to inciting political violence.

The U.K. government’s online safety bill calls for setting up a regulator that would hold companies to account when it comes to removing harmful or illegal content from their platforms.