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The education of Frances Haugen: How the Facebook whistleblower learned to use data as a weapon from years in tech

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s calls to change the company have broken through, winning bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, calls for more regulation and triggering soul searching among the American public.
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