Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to address harms created by social media

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is launching a nonprofit organization that will seek solutions to harms created by social media, she said on Thursday.The former product

manager at Facebook, since renamed Meta Platforms, made headlines last year after coming out as the source of thousands of leaked internal documents, which she said detailed the

social media company's failures to protect teen girls on Instagram and clamp down on vaccine misinformation.Facebook has consistently said it disagrees with Haugen's

characterization.YOUTUBE, META, OTHER TECH COMPANIES TAKING STEPS TO COMBAT ONLINE EXTREMISM Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen launched a nonprofit to address social media

harms. Pictured: Haugen speaks onstage during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2022. (Amanda Stronza/Getty Images )Her nonprofit, Beyond the

Screen, will create an open database to document ways that Big Tech companies are failing their "ethical obligations to society" and outline possible solutions, according to a

press release.TWITTER, MUSK LEGAL TEAMS REPORTEDLY DEPOSING JACK DORSEYIt will partner with Project Liberty, an organization working to build a new operating protocol for social

networking, and Common Sense Media, which advocates for safe media content for kids.