WASHINGTON - A Facebook whistleblower is set to testify before Congress on Tuesday for the first time after exposing the company’s awareness of apparent harm to some teens from Instagram and sharing accusations of dishonesty in its fight against hate and misinformation.Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, was identified in a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday as the whistleblower who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement.
The complaints alleged that Facebook’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation, leads to increased polarization and that Instagram, specifically, can harm teenage girls' mental health.The information was first reported by the Wall Street Journal in a series of stories,.