Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Meta was infused with a culture in which employees obsessed over user numbers and consistently pushed safety to the side, according to Arturo Bejar, a former employee turned whistleblower, who testified today in the landmark child safety trial against the social media company. Only one man had the ability to change that, Bejar said: CEO Mark…
Arturo Bejar, a former Meta employee, testified in a landmark child safety trial against the company, alleging a culture of prioritizing user numbers over safety. According to Bejar, only one person could have changed this culture - Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg. However, Bejar claimed Zuckerberg failed to do so. Bejar, who worked on safety issues at Meta for eight years, stated that Zuckerberg was not truthful when he publicly denied that the company prioritized profits over safety.
Bejar accused the company of choosing policies that boosted user engagement and revenue over safety. Safety was never a significant priority for Meta, Bejar testified.
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