Another Meta whistleblower has testified before Congress regarding safety issues on the company’s platforms. On the same day that Frances Haugen told Congress in 2021 how Meta could fix some of its safety problems, Arturo Béjar, a former director of engineering for Protect and Care at Facebook, sent CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives an email regarding the harms that young people may face while using the company’s products.
Two years later, Béjar was the sole witness in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing titled ”Social Media and the Teen Mental Health Crisis.” In his testimony, Béjar claimed he was subpoenaed earlier this year to testify regarding emails he sent Meta higher-ups. He said he realized that since he sent them, nothing had changed at the company.
“Meta continues to publicly misrepresent the level and frequency of harm that users, especially children, experience on the platform,” Béjar told the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law in prepared…
2023-11-07 13:56:16
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