Ex-Facebook employee asks lawmakers to step in. Will they?

Photo caption: Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., from left, Sen Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listen as former Facebook data scientist Frances Haugen testifies […]. Photo credit: Matt McClain / The Washington Post via AP, Pool. Article by Marcy Gordon. Tech Xplore – October 7, 2021.

Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit. The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening children’s safety—and the integrity of democracy—is urging Congress to take action to rein in a largely unregulated company. […]

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