Frances Haugen shines a light on Facebook

About this episode

What happens when you realize the company you work for is contributing to real-world harm, and you’re one of the few people who can see it clearly enough to do something about it? In this episode of We the Sunlight , Jill Stoddard talks with Frances Haugen , the former Facebook data scientist and whistleblower whose disclosures became the basis for The Facebook Files , a groundbreaking investigation by The Wall Street Journal . Frances shares what she witnessed behind the scenes at Facebook, including how the platform’s policies, algorithms, and organizational culture contributed to misinformation and dangerous outcomes around the world. She describes the moment she realized that internal…