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Whistleblower Arturo Béjar leads testimony in landmark trial against Meta

Meta was infused with a culture in which employees obsessed over user numbers and consistently pushed safety to the side, according to Arturo Béjar, a former employee turned whistleblower, who testifi...

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Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial

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Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar testifies at child safety trial

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Weekly News Quiz: August 21, 2026

Opening statements began this week in a massive federal trial accusing Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children, harm their mental health and violate their privacy.

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Meta stock reels as trillion-dollar child addiction trial collides with its huge AI spending

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Meta needs to put in some safety measures: Attorney Mark Lanier

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Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial

California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey accuse Meta of designing the platforms to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about their safety.

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What to know about trial over Meta and youth mental health

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Meta trial: Whistleblower says Meta concealed research showing harm to kids

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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.

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

Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations in a California federal court that it contributes to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately and stealthily designing features to get children hooked on its platforms Instagram and Facebook.

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

Former Meta insider Arturo Béjar has alleged that teenagers experienced harmful content on Instagram at rates far higher than the company's public figures suggested.

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I Was a Meta Whistleblower. This Week’s Landmark Verdicts Validate What Parents and Advocates Have Been Saying for Years.

Kelly Stonelake worked at Meta for nearly 15 years, including as Director of Product Marketing, and is a federal whistleblower and advocate for legislative reform. She also writes this Overturned newsletter on tech accountability and broken systems of ...

States allege Meta hooked kids on social media, misled public on risks in high-profile trial

A group of four states faced off against Meta in a high-profile trial Tuesday in California, accusing the tech giant of hooking young users on its social media sites and misleading the public

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.