Facebook whistleblower to meet with oversight board

The world’s biggest social media company has been under an intense spotlight in the last couple of weeks and now things are set to heat up even further

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will meet with the company’s oversight board after the former employee revealed last week she was the person who provided documents used in a Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing on Instagram’s harm to teenage girls.

The Facebook oversight board is a unit set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of content decisions and it plans to meet with Ms Haugen within the coming weeks.

The Facebook whistleblower will also meet with UK Parliament

Haugen, who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month in addition to her meeting with the Facebook oversight board.

Ms Haugen will appear before the Online Safety Bill committee on 25 October.

It is examining a law to impose obligations on social-media companies to protect users, especially children.

Ms Haugen alleges Facebook harms children’s mental health and stokes division in society.

Facebook firmly denies any such allegations, with boss Mark Zuckerberg labelling them “illogical”.