A former security engineer from Meta testified to Congress on Tuesday that the company chose not to respond to internal data indicating that more teenagers were being harmed by Instagram and Facebook than public data indicated.
Facebook whistleblower Arturo Bejar appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to provide his perspective on Meta's approach to youth safety. Bejar was featured in a Wall Street Journal piece last week in which he said that the company failed to respond to internal data regarding bullying, sexual harassment, and other negative experiences on the platform.
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In his opening remarks, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) framed the hearing as a chance to illustrate the threat that Big Tech presents to teenagers and advocated a floor vote for technology reform bills, including the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that would require social media platforms to disable "addictive" product features and take additional action to prevent harmful content from being presented to underage users.
Bejar used his testimony to implore Meta to be more transparent and to change its products.
"The company was grading its own homework," Bejar said, noting that the company's definitions for what is harmful are narrowly defined. Bejar previously reviewed the company's "Bad Emotional Experience Feedback" data, which surveyed users on their experience on the platform over the last seven days. He...
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