In conversation with Frances Haugen and Berry Liberman
Hosted by Small Giants in partnership with Work Club Global
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In 2019, Frances Haugen was recruited to Facebook as lead product manager on the Civic Misinformation team. She was hired to deal with issues related to democracy and misinformation, and she later worked on counter-espionage with the social media giant.
During her time at Facebook, Frances became increasingly alarmed by the choices the company made to prioritise their own profit over public safety – ultimately risking individual users’ lives in the process. As a last resort, and at great personal cost, Frances made the courageous decision to expose the company for its unethical business practices. Initial reporting was released by The Wall Street Journal in what became known as The Facebook Files.
Since going public, Frances has testified in front of US Congress, UK ad EU Parliaments, and the French Senate and National Assembly. She has engaged with lawmakers internationally on how to best address the negative externalities of social media platforms.
Listen to Frances and Kirsty de Garis on the Dumbo Feather podcast:
Take a look at Frances’ book
The Power of One
How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook
An inspiring tale of one young woman’s life and the choices she made. From an isolated childhood in Iowa to an unaccredited college, to one among the few women at Google in its heyday, Frances Haugen learned how to focus on what mattered, and to ignore her critics. To harness the strength of standing in the truth.
The Power of One is equally inspiring—the story of a woman who went against the grain, again and again, and changed the world—and horrifying, as the culture and practices of Facebook are brought into the bright light of day, for the first time.
Our host
Berry Liberman
Berry Liberman along with her husband Danny founded Small Giants. Berry is a pioneering impact investor, businesswoman, philanthropist, storyteller and filmmaker.
With one of the most recognisable family names in Australian business circles, Berry is using her financial capital to make a positive impact in the world. She does this in service to future generations.
Berry is an accomplished speaker, thought-leader and creative spirit whose radical curiosity and intelligence is as sharp as her heart is big.
Berry and her husband Danny have co-founded and seeded many next economy businesses in several sectors including the built environment, venture capital, regenerative agriculture, financial services, nature-based climate solutions and energy systems. Their impact funds, Impact Investment Group and Sentient Impact Group have moved fortunes towards impact as pioneers and leaders in this space.
Berry believes in the power of storytelling to ‘heal us and give us a vision of a way forward’ and, for over a decade, has interviewed hundreds of the world’s deepest thinkers, philosophers, business leaders and change-makers. Her insights are profound.
Berry’s work has been recognised through several awards including B Lab’s Hal Taussig Award and the United Nations’ Shared Values Award.