Arturo Bejar, a former Meta safety engineer, testified Tuesday in a federal trial that company CEO Mark Zuckerberg knowingly created a "false and misleading impression" of Facebook's commitment to protecting young users, alleging the social media giant adopted a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to child safety despite repeated internal warnings about harmful content.
Bejar told jurors in Oakland, California that he had briefed Zuckerberg on product issues at least 100 times during his tenure at the technology firm, and sent a direct email in 2021 warning about frequent reports of harmful content shortly after the CEO publicly denied putting profit ahead of user safety. "I felt that he created a false and misleading impression of Facebook's commitment to young people," Bejar said, noting that the company knew its platforms could expose children to sexual predators and violent or graphic material through algorithmic recommendation systems.
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