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Sophie Zhang

Data Scientist And Whistleblower

Sophie Zhang became a whistleblower after spending 2 years and 8 months at Facebook failing to fix the company from within. A data scientist on the fake engagement team, she also worked in her spare time to personally catch two national governments using Facebook to manipulate their own citizenry, while also revealing concerning decisions made by Facebook regarding inauthenticity in Indian and U.S. politics. After testifying regarding her findings to the EU and British Parliaments and CA State Senate, she currently stays home to pet her cats.

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Events featuring Sophie Zhang
Events featuring Sophie Zhang