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By Kenrick Cai, Diana Novak Jones and Jonathan Stempel OAKLAND, California, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram.
Bejar testified about his experience during the first day of a historic trial in California, in which a coalition of state attorneys general have accused Meta of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among youths and collecting data from users under 13 years old, in violation of federal law.
Former Meta executive Arturo Bejar testifies that the company prioritised growth and engagement as 29 US states challenge its child safety practices.
Arturo Béjar, a former Meta safety researcher who has become one of its biggest critics, told jurors in California federal court that Zuckerberg did little to address the harmful effects of Facebook
A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors at a landmark trial that the company took a "don't ask, don't tell" approach on kids under 13 on its platforms.
If Meta loses case it may face financial penalties of as much as €970m and court orders that could force changes in how it operates its platforms
Former Meta engineer Arturo Béjar told an Oakland jury that company culture made safety fixes impossible, in a trial brought by four states.
Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director, resumed his testimony in a pivotal trial where states accuse the company of designing platforms that harm and addict young users.
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
A former engineering director at Meta Platforms has testified that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram.