After whistleblower Frances Haugen raised concerns around Facebook’s resourcing of counterterrorism and teams intended to counter foreign influence, lawmakers opened the door to holding another hearing.
“I believe Facebook’s consistent understaffing of the counterespionage, information operations and counterterrorism teams is a national security issue, and I’m speaking to other parts of Congress about that,” Haugen said.
Sen. Dan, Sullivan, R-Alaska, followed up, “So you’re saying in essence that the platform, whether Facebook knows it or not, is being utilized by some of our adversaries in a way that helps push and promote their interests at the expense of America’s?”
“Yes,” she replied. “Facebook is very aware that this is happening on the platform, and I believe the fact that Congress doesn’t get a report of exactly how many people are working on these things internally is unacceptable because you have a right to keep the American people safe.”
“I have strong national security concerns about how Facebook operates today,” she added.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., then raised the possibility of holding a second hearing with Haugen on the issue and went on to thank her for her bravery and called for other whistleblowers to come forward.
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