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Sophie Zhang is an American data scientist and whistleblower who formerly worked at the Facebook Site Integrity fake engagement team, created to deal with bot accounts, often controlled by authoritarian governments' entities.
Jul 29, 2021 · Sophie Zhang, a former data scientist at Facebook, revealed that it enables global political manipulation and has done little to stop it.
- Karen Hao
May 17, 2021 · Sophie Zhang worked as a Facebook data scientist for nearly three years before was she fired in the fall of 2020. On her final day, she posted a 7,800-word memo to the company’s internal forum — such farewell notes, if not the length, are a common practice for departing employees.
Oct 18, 2021 · W hile appearing before a committee of lawmakers in the British parliament on Monday, Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang, a former data scientist for the company, testified that the social...
- Eloise Barry
Jul 26, 2021 · In September of 2020, data scientist Sophie Zhang posted an internal farewell memo after being fired from Facebook. Her memo, first reported on by BuzzFeed News, detailed what she found online while working on the “Facebook Site Integrity fake engagement team.”
Aug 4, 2021 · Sophie Zhang, who worked as a low-level data scientist at Facebook, left the company in 2020 after she said she had discovered that fake accounts were being utilised by political actors to farm...
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May 17, 2021 · Zhang’s experience led her to a stark conclusion: “I have blood on my hands.” Facebook has not disputed the facts of Zhang’s story but has sought to diminish the importance of her findings.
