Frances Haugen Biography

Frances Haugen, who was raised with her parents attending the Iowa caucuses, was born in Iowa City and is the daughter of two professors. Her upbringing instilled in her a strong sense of civic duty and pride in democracy. Haugen has an MBA from Harvard and an Electrical and Computer Engineering degree from Olin College. She has worked on ranking algorithms at Google, Pinterest, Yelp, and Facebook and is an expert in algorithmic product management. She was hired by Facebook to work as the company's lead product manager on the Civic Disinformation project, which addressed problems with democracy and misinformation and eventually focused on counterespionage. Haugen noticed that Facebook made decisions that put people's lives in danger and put the company's profits ahead of the public good throughout her tenure there. Haugen bravely decided to inform Facebook about the scandal as a final choice, even if doing so might put his life in danger. Haugen firmly feels that there is a way to fix the social media issues we are now experiencing. Social media has the potential to enhance human nature.

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