Ex-Meta staffer says daughter, 14, was prey on Instagram
Meta has denied wrongdoing, saying it has continuously improved tools to protect kids and calling the states' proposed penalties "outlandish."
Arturo Béjar, a former Meta employee who worked on child safety tools for six years, testified about the dangers his 14-year-old daughter faced on Instagram. "I found it shocking when she started receiving sexual requests and pictures of private parts from strangers she didn't know," he said. Béjar's testimony is part of a historic trial in California, where a group of state attorneys general has accused Meta of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to keep young users hooked and collecting data from users under 13 years old, allegedly in violation of federal law.
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