Frances Haugen
1983 – ? American Data scientist, whistleblower
Former Facebook manager behind the 2021 Facebook Files.
- Religion
- Not publicly specified.
- Affiliations
- Former product manager at Facebook; previously worked at Google and Pinterest.
Frances Haugen worked as a product manager on Facebook's civic integrity team. In 2021 she copied thousands of internal documents and provided them to the Wall Street Journal and regulators, indicating the company knew of harms tied to its platforms. She revealed her identity that October and testified before the US Congress and other bodies.
In the timeline
- 2021 Frances Haugen exposes the Facebook Files central figure