A whistleblower told a Senate subcommittee earlier this week that Meta and its top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerburg, ignored warning signs that their platforms were harmful to the mental health of teens.
Arturo Bejar, a former Facebook engineering director and consultant, told the subcommittee that executives for years looked the other way from evidence that platforms such as Instagram were harmful to teens, reports CNN.
Bejar reportedly claims Meta went a step further by allegedly working to publicly present metrics that were carefully crafted to downplay the mental health concerns.
The whistleblower testimony was only the latest to be made against Meta, which has seen other former insiders speak out against the company over claims it ignores alleged problems with its policies, reports CNN.
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