Could Facebook Have Stopped January 6? With Frances Haugen

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, the subject and hero of the new film The Social Reckoning, joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang for an in-depth conversation about Facebook’s responsibility for January 6. How did its systems help fuel the attack? Could the company have prevented it? And how did that day shape her decision to blow the whistle? Corey also shares his reaction to the film and a story about Hillary Clinton at Brown University that raises questions about political belonging and why she lost to Trump. Before that, Corey and John discuss the misogyny of Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald Trump, and whether Obama’s “Cheesecake Factory” mockery offers an effective response to a politics where extremism has become mainstream. They also examine the Trump administration’s California election crackdown, including arrests over alleged voting-related offenses and an effort to block the counting of ballots from roughly 20,000 voters whose citizenship it disputes. 00:09 – Intro 01:35 – Vivek Ramaswamy’s Controversial Campaign Ad 09:37 – The DOJ’s Voter Fraud Charges in California 21:11 – Maureen Comey’s Firing was Illegal; a Judge Agrees 31:10 – Frances Haugen Interview