Whistleblower tells US Congress Meta failed in protecting teens’ safety on its apps

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Ex-Meta employee Arturo Bejar testifies that Meta Platforms knew of harms teens could encounter on its apps, but did not do enough to address them

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His work at Meta was, in part, focused on encouraging positive behavior and giving tools for young people and other users to manage unpleasant experiences on the services., said, “Meta continues to publicly misrepresent the level and frequency of harm that users, especially children, experience on the platform, And they have yet to establish a goal for actually reducing those harms and protecting children.

Bejar wrote to Zuckerberg and senior officials at Meta about his findings. These included data from the research team indicating “as many as 21.8% of 13-15 year olds said they were the target of bullying in the past seven days, 39.4% of 13-15 year old children said they had experienced negative comparison, in the past seven days, and 24.4% of 13-15 year old responded said they received unwanted advances, all in the prior seven days.

 

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