{
  "id": 12836756,
  "title": "Why Arturo Béjar left Meta – and blew the whistle: ‘I don’t recall Mark ever being empathetic’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/why-arturo-bejar-left-meta-and-blew-the-whistle-i-dont-recall-mark",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/08/arturo-bejar-interview-whistleblower-facebook-meta-mark-zuckerberg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Arturo Béjar, a consultant working on Meta's Instagram wellbeing team, decided to speak out after learning from his 14-year-old daughter that the platform was failing to protect her. His concern was not unfounded, as the statistics his team gathered were alarming. Among 13-15-year-olds on Instagram, 24.4% reported receiving unwanted advances, and 21.8% experienced bullying in the past week. Even more concerning was that 51% of the platform's users had a harmful experience in the last seven days, yet only 1% reported it, and of those, only 2% had their content removed. This grim picture showed a stark contrast to the company's own measurements, indicating a much higher degree of harm than Meta acknowledged. Despite his concerns, Béjar never received a response from Zuckerberg.",
  "summary": "Béjar’s daughter was 14 when she told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe. So when he became part of Meta’s ‘wellbeing team’, he knew he had to speak out – and his testimony cost it billions The Social Reckoning hits cinemas this Friday, but the real world has already been working on a sequel – or rather, a threequel. Directed by Aaron Sorkin, the movie is a follow-up to The Social…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}