WASHINGTON D.C. — A former Facebook employee is speaking out against the social media giant after he said his own teen daughter was harassed on Instagram.
Arturo Bejar is a former Facebook engineering director who later rejoined the company now known as Meta as a consultant for Instagram.
Bejar’s explosive testimony focused on two key points: He argued Meta knows about the extent of the threats to teens and children and said the company executives know they aren’t doing enough to stop it.
“I appear before you today as a dad with firsthand experience of a child who received unwanted sexual advances on Instagram,” Bejar told the Senate subcommittee.
Bejar outlined findings from a 2021 survey while he worked for Instagram.
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“We found that one in eight kids aged 13 to 15 years old experienced unwanted sexual advances in the last seven days,” said Bejar.
Bejar said he shared that data with Meta’s executives.
“Mark Zuckerberg, did he reply to you?” asked Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri).
“He did not reply,” said Bejar.
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“Did he meet with you?” continued Hawley.
“He did not meet with me,” said Bejar.”
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