Arturo Bejar is a former Facebook engineering director who later rejoined the company now known as Meta as a consultant for Instagram.
Bejar’s explosive testimony focused on two key points: He argued Meta knows about the extent of the threats to teens and kids and said the company executives know they aren’t doing enough to stop it. “I appear before you today as a dad with firsthand experience of a child who received unwanted sexual advances on Instagram,” Bejar told the Senate subcommittee.“We found that one in eight kids age 13 to 15 years old experienced unwanted sexual advances in the last seven days,” said Bejar.“Did he meet with you?” continued Hawley.
Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee said they have already passed six bills unanimously that were aimed at protecting kids on social media, but none of them have been scheduled for a full vote in the Senate.“All six passed unanimously. Every Democrat and every Republican… What has happened since? Nothing. Six bills waiting for a day on the calendar,” said Sen. Dick Durbin . “Big Tech is the big kid on the block when it comes to this issue.