Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety
"He created a false and misleading impression of Facebook's commitment to young people." The post Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety appeared first on Futurism .
A whistleblower's testimony in a massive California trial alleges that Meta, led by its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has been deliberately adopting a "don't ask, don't tell" policy when it comes to child safety on its platforms, according to the Guardian. Former Meta safety engineer Arturo Béjar testified that the company was well aware of its platform's harm to children, including the spread of violent and predatory sexual content, but had no urgency to address the issue.
Béjar, who briefed Zuckerberg on safety matters, claimed that executives maintained a false impression of Meta's commitment to young people's well-being. This echoed similar claims by former Meta employees, like Sarah Wynn-Williams, who revealed that the company explored expanding targeted ads to minors as early as 2017, even going so far as to identify psychological vulnerabilities of users with terms like "worthless," "insecure," and "useless."
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