Late last year, Facebook’s then product manager Frances Haugen stepped down from the company and took a trove of documents along with her.

The contents of those documents spelled massive trouble for Facebook with allegations of knowingly damaging the health of teens, failing to curb misinformation ahead of 6th January riots in the US and more.

Now the whistleblower is reportedly looking to equip lawyers with the skills they need to fight big tech. According to a report from Politico, Haugen wants to start an organisation called Beyond the Screen.

This organisation will, in the early stages, teach lawyers what they should be looking for when building lawsuits against big tech firms. This would include looking for guidance from the numerous class action lawsuits brought against big tech in recent years and the real world impact of the actions of big tech.

The second prong of Haugen’s plan to address big tech is to draw on investors. To that end, Haugen wants to create a system where investors can see how socially responsible a big tech firm is across a variety of metrics. This, should help investors more easily justify pulling funding from companies that are profitable but don’t align with their morals and vision.

What’s more is that the report reveals that Haugen wants to build a simulated social network that researchers and lawmakers can use to see how certain scenarios would play out.

For now though, Politico reveals that the organisation is only three full-time employees strong and operating on a shoe-string budget. That having been said, Haugen has raised $5 million in funding and while it’s not a lot, it’s a lot more than nothing.

Those are very ambitious plans, but we can’t deny that what Haugen is doing is necessary. For far too long big tech has operated in the dark and while understandable, the rabbits are starting to come out of the hat and the revelations are disturbing.

We also appreciate that Haugen is cognisant of the effects big tech companies have had around the world.

“My greatest hope is that I’m not relevant anymore,” Haugen told Politico. “Facebook in English in the United States is a fundamentally different product than what is available in every other country in the world. Facebook moved into the most fragile parts of the world and became the internet.”