Another Whistleblower Willing To Testify Against Facebook Before Congress

Sophie Zhang: After Frances Haugen, another Facebook Whistleblower has come up to say that she is willing to testify before US Congress about her former employer. The woman has claimed that she has submitted documents that show "potential criminal violations" to a US law enforcement agency.

Zhang worked at Facebook as a data scientist for over three years before she was fired last year. She tweeted on Tuesday that she is willing to fulfill "civic duty" by testifying against Facebook.

She wrote, "If Congress wishes for me to testify, I will fulfill my civic duty, as I’ve publicly stated for the past half year. Last year, I testified privately before a European Parliamentary committee though I was avoiding press. My duty to democracy comes first."

Zhang claimed that she had already provided law enforcement with 'detailed documentation regarding potential criminal violations' and found that an investigation into Facebook is underway.

During her interview with CNN, the whistleblower refused to reveal the information to an unspecified agency. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation will not comment on whether Zhang has given them anything regarding Facebook.

Frances Haugen who leaked internal Facebook studies to lawmakers and the Wall Street Journal, earlier this month appeared before Congress. She urged the lawmakers to regulate the tech giant during her testimony in front of the US Senate. She alleged that Facebook download the negative impact on teenagers' mental health, failed to crack down on human traffickers and drug cartels and gave special privileges to popular users regarding content rules.

When Sophie Zhang was fired last year, she posted a 7,800-word long memo at Facebook's internal forum accusing the social media giant of inaction in tackling hate and misinformation. She claimed to have evidence showing how foreign governments were making use of fake social media accounts to influence public opinion. Her findings were not taken seriously by Facebook. Zhang's memo read, "I have blood on my hands."

The social media giant in its response to Zhang's claims had claimed, "We fundamentally disagree with Ms Zhang’s characterization of our priorities and efforts to root out abuse on our platform.”