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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

The leaker came forward:

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview [youtube.com] (13m36s video)

The Facebook Files, Part 6: The Whistleblower [wsj.com]

Facebook's new whistleblower is renewing scrutiny of the social media giant [npr.org]

A data scientist named Frances Haugen has revealed herself to be the whistleblower behind a massive exposure of the inner workings at Facebook.

Prior to appearing on 60 Minutes on Sunday, Haugen, a former employee at the social media giant, kept her identity a secret after sharing thousands of pages of internal Facebook documents to the media and federal law enforcement.

[...] Haugen's document dump, her testimony scheduled in front of Congress this week, and an ongoing investigative reporting series into the company are potentially pushing Facebook into its biggest crisis yet. The negative spotlight also comes as Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are increasingly scrutinizing Facebook's actions.

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