An ex-Facebook employee spoke out against the damage the company is doing to her.
She called out CEO Mark Zuckerberg and said that his choices allowed harmful content to continue.
Facebook responded by saying: "To suggest that we encourage bad content but do nothing is just false."
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An ex-Facebook employee, who leaked internal documents to media, shared her views on Sunday.
Frances Haugen spoke out in an interview with 60 Minutes about the harm Facebook is causing. She said that Facebook has not adequately addressed hate on its platform, contributed to eating disorders, suicidal thoughts and made decisions in the company's best interests rather than the public's.
She called out Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, saying that his actions caused harm despite the fact that he had intended to create it.
She said that she had a lot of empathy and support for Mark, but added that he never set out to create a hateful platform.
Haugen stated that Haugen allowed the side effects of his choices to be made so that hateful and polarizing content is more widely distributed and has greater reach.
Insider was provided with a statement by Lena Pietsch (Facebook's director for policy communications), which stated that "To suggest that we encourage bad content but do nothing is just false."
"Everyday, our teams must balance the rights of billions of people to speak freely with the need for our platform to be safe and secure. She said that we continue to make substantial improvements to combat misinformation and harmful material.
Haugen was a former product manager at The Wall Street Journal. She gathered internal documents from the company and shared them with The Wall Street Journal to try to get change.
Lawyers for Haugen filed numerous complaints to the Securities and Exchange Commission last month alleging that Facebook's internal knowledge was inconsistent with what it had publicly stated, "60 Minutes".
Haugen quit Facebook in May after feeling that Facebook was prioritizing its own growth over the needs of its users and the public.
She will testify in Congress this week, in order to urge the federal government to regulate Facebook.
