Facebook whistleblower accuses firm of serially misleading over safety

Frances Haugen filed at least eight complaints against the company regarding its approach to safety

The Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, who testifies at the US Congress on Tuesday, has filed at least eight complaints with the US financial watchdog accusing the social media company of serially misleading investors about its approach to safety and the size of its audience.

The complaints, published online by the news programme 60 Minutes late on Monday, hours before Haugen's testimony to US senators at 10am EDT (3pm BST), are based on tens of thousands of internal documents that Haugen copied shortly before she quit Facebook in May.

The company's approach to hate speech.

Its approach to teenage mental health.

Its monitoring of human trafficking.

How the company's algorithms promoted hate speech.

Preferential disciplinary treatment for VIP users.

Promoting ethnic violence.

Failing to inform investors about a shrinking user base in certain demographics.