A whistleblower’s memoirs
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen whose information caused a negative focus on the social media giant some months ago is writing a book. US publisher Little, Brown and Company announced that it has acquired her planned memoir ”offering a critical examination of Facebook”.
“A book is a perfect forum to explore the nuance and complexity of the problems Facebook faces”, Haugen tweeted.
“During my time at Facebook, I realized a devastating truth: almost nobody outside of Facebook knows what happens inside of Facebook. They operate in the dark,” she said in a statement.
“They win by keeping their systems closed without oversight or transparency, by shrouding their operations in secrecy and PR spin. I came forward because I believe that every human being deserves the dignity of the truth — and the truth is that Facebook buys its astronomical profits by sacrificing our safety. But it does not have to be this way — these problems are solvable. We can have social media we love that also brings out the best in humanity. My hope is that this book will show us the way.”
Haugen leaked documents from her time as a manager at Facebook. The documents were used by the Wall Street Journal for a series of articles with a critical approach. The series resulted in a flow of criticism against the company’s policies with Haugen invited to hearings in the US Senate and the UK Parliament and Facebook changing ist name to Meta.
No title or date for publishing of the book have been announced.
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