Meta whistleblower Dr. Jason Sattizahn, along with grieving parents and online safety advocate group the Heat Initiative, held a press conference on Wednesday, calling out Mark Zuckerberg and Meta Platforms for gross failures in protecting children and teens.
“Today, while Mark Zuckerberg and Meta executives unveil their new products in Menlo Park (California), we are here to remind everyone that Meta has failed our children, and they don't even care,” said Sarah Gardner, CEO and Founder of Heat Initiative, kicking off the event.
The morning rally, held at the steps of Meta’s headquarters in New York City, was scheduled to coincide not only with the company’s annual Meta Connect event, which began on Wednesday, but also with Social Media Victims Remembrance Day.
September also happens to be National Suicide Prevention Month, with September 10th marking World Suicide Prevention Day.
Accusing Meta of a “callous disregard of the lives of children,” Gardener reminded the public that exactly one year ago today, Meta introduced its allegedly child-safety-friendly “Instagram Teens.”
“And yet we continue to see more and more evidence that kids are still being served violent, dangerous, and harmful content and being susceptible to sextortion," she said.
“We asked for incredibly reasonable changes, and you have done nothing, Mark Zuckerberg!” Gardner said, also singling out Instagram Chief, Adam Mosseri, in the same breath.
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