Haugen disclosed her identity as the whistleblower when she appeared on 60 Minutes on October 3, 2021.[1][2] During the interview, Haugen discussed the Facebook program known as Civic Integrity, which was intended to curb misinformation and other threats to election security.[7] The program was dissolved after the 2020 election, which Haugen said "really feels like a betrayal of democracy to me,"[12] and which she believed contributed to the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[16] Haugen also stated, "The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.