{"id":12588,"date":"2021-10-06T04:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12588"},"modified":"2021-10-06T04:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:19:39","slug":"what-congress-learned-from-the-facebook-whistleblower-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12588","title":{"rendered":"“What Congress learned from the Facebook whistleblower”, Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexandra S. Levine,\u00a010\/05\/2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawmakers of both parties say their shared anger over Facebook\u2019s approach to children and teens will finally give Congress the momentum to rein in Silicon Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n

A whistleblower\u2019s disclosures about Facebook\u2019s impact on children may have finally given Congress something it has lacked: bipartisan resolve to tighten Washington\u2019s grip on Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

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Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Drew Angerer\/Pool via AP<\/p>\n

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Lawmakers have said this kind of thing before<\/a>. But Tuesday brought an unusual show of unanimous support across party lines as lawmakers linked arms to hear former Facebook employee Frances Haugen detail the ways in which she says the social media giant knowingly pushes and profits off products that harm children.<\/p>\n