Senators Praise Facebook Whistleblower Haugen for Coming Forward
October 05 2021 - 11:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Ryan Tracy
The opening statements from Democrats and Republicans set the
tone for a likely theme: A lot of sympathy for Frances Haugen's
perspective, and virtually none for Facebook's.
"I'm willing to predict that this [hearing] will have almost
100% attendance," Sen. Roger Wicker (R., Miss.), the ranking
Republican on the full Senate Commerce Committee, told Ms. Haugen.
He thanked her for coming forward.
"We are all in agreement here for expressing our gratitude and
our admiration," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), the
chairman of the Commerce subcommittee that's holding Tuesday's
hearing.
"Facebook knows its products can be addicting and toxic to
children," Mr. Blumenthal said and called on Facebook Inc. founder
Mark Zuckerberg to appear before Congress to testify.
Write to Ryan Tracy at ryan.tracy@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 05, 2021 11:39 ET (15:39 GMT)
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