Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as Senators vow action

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Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.

Meta is a company that encourages a culture of"see no evil, hear no evil," former company engineer Arturo Bejar said on Tuesday.

"We can no longer rely on social media's mantra, 'Trust us,'" Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said on Tuesday."My hope is that we will move forward so that, in fact, we can make Big Tech the next Big Tobacco in terms of a concerted effort to reduce its harm and inform the public.""Before the end of this calendar year, I will go to the floor of the United States Senate and I will demand a vote," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

"It is unacceptable that a 13-year-old girl gets propositioned on social media," Bejar testified."We don't tolerate unwanted sexual advances against children in any other public context, and they can similarly be prevented on Facebook, Instagram and other social media products."

 

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