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

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta is under fire for not doing enough to protect young users.

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

He was testifying in front of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing centered on how algorithms for Facebook and Instagram (both owned by parent company Meta) push content to teens that promotes bullying, drug abuse, eating disorders and self-harm.

Bejar’s job at the company was to protect the social media site’s users. He said that when he raised the flag about teen harm to Meta’s top executives, they failed to act.