Facebook whistleblower to attend Biden's State of the Union address -White House


FILE PHOTO Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger with U.S. President Joe Biden announces the tech firmrsquos plan to build a 20 billion plant in Ohio from the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington U.S. January 21 2022. REUTERSJonathan Ernst

FILE PHOTO: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, with U.S. President Joe Biden, announces the tech firm’s plan to build a $20 billion plant in Ohio, from the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to attend U.S. President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, the White House said, as it seeks to highlight mental health problems facing young people.

Haugen, a former Facebook Inc product manager, revealed her identity as the whistleblower who provided the documents that underpinned a Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing on Instagram's harm to teen girls.

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