Meta defends its child safety efforts but critics say the social media giant falls short

Critics say the company’s safety record falls short and that many of its protections simply don’t work. They include Marc Berkman, executive director at the Organization for Social Media Safety, who said Meta introduced safeguards promising to protect children in response to public pressure rather than out of concern.

'I Didn't Hear Back From Him': Whistleblower Testifies Mark Zuckerberg Ignored Child Predators

Arturo Béjar testified that Mark Zuckerberg ignored warnings about harmful content affecting teenagers on Facebook and Instagram, as Meta faces a trial over child safety concerns.

Whistleblower tells court number of teens exposed to graphic content was at least 100 times higher than Meta reported

Social media giant Meta is on trial over claims it deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive to young people. The four US states in court today are seeking billions of d
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Meta whistleblower accuses Zuckerberg of misleading public on child safety

A former Meta safety engineer has accused CEO Mark Zuckerberg of creating a misleading impression about the company's commitment to protecting children on Facebook and Instagram.Arturo Bejar told

Meta under fire after whistleblower claims 100 times more teens saw graphic content than company reported

Meta is facing fresh scrutiny after whistleblower Arturo Béjar claimed the company's own measurements significantly underestimated the extent to which teenagers experienced harmful content on Instagram,

Meta ‘hooked children’, court hears, as landmark case against tech giant begins to unfurl

Lawyers for four US states have told a courtroom that Meta knew children were impulsive, hungry for social approval and unusually responsive to rewards — then designed Facebook and Instagram to keep them coming back.

Zuckerberg Knew. A Whistleblower Has the Emails to Prove It.

Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar testifies that internal data showed teen harm rates 400x higher than what the company told the public.
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Meta switched addiction label to undercount harm, whistleblower testifies

Meta addiction trial Oakland 2026: Former safety director Arturo Bejar testified that Meta replaced the word 'addiction' with 'problematic use' internally to produce lower harm statistics, then published those figures as safety evidence.