Frances Haugen, a previous Fb solution supervisor, will seem prior to a Senate listening to on Tuesday to drive for extra regulation of Fb. Below is an excerpt from the opening statement of her published testimony.

My identify is Frances Haugen. I made use of to perform at Fb and joined mainly because I believe Facebook has the likely to bring out the ideal in us. But I am here nowadays simply because I believe that Facebook’s goods harm kids, stoke division, weaken our democracy and substantially additional. The company’s management appreciates strategies to make Facebook and Instagram safer and will not make the essential adjustments since they have place their immense gains prior to people today. Congressional action is wanted. They simply cannot resolve this crisis devoid of your support. I imagine that social media has the opportunity to enrich our life and our society. We can have social media we appreciate — 1 that provides out the ideal in humanity. The web has enabled men and women all over the globe to acquire and share information and concepts in approaches by no means conceived of before. And when the online has the electric power to hook up an progressively globalized culture, with out thorough and liable advancement, the internet can damage as a lot as it aids.