The Facebook Whistle-Blower Testifies

<p>The Senate testimony of Frances Haugen on Tuesday was an eagerly awaited event.</p><p>Last month, Ms. Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, leaked internal company documents to The Wall Street Journal that exposed the social media giant’s inner workings.</p><p>How will Ms. Haugen’s insights shape the future of internet regulation?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheera-frenkel?smid=pc-thedaily">Sheera Frenkel</a>, a technology reporter for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Ms. Haugen told how Facebook deliberately made efforts to keep users — including children —<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistle-blower-hearing.html"> hooked to its service</a>.</li><li>Here are<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/technology/what-happened-at-facebook-whistleblower-hearing.html"> other key takeaways</a> from her testimony.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>