2023-11-07T19:57:58-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmY5XC8wMDJcLzE2OTk0MDY1NzVfMDAyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant, testified on Meta’s harmful impact on children. He said that his own teenage daughter was among the one in eight kids, aged 13-15, who had received unwanted sexual advances on Instagram within a seven-day period, and that he informed Meta’s top leadership–including CEO Mark Zuckerberg–but no steps were taken to address such problems. The subcommittee’s chair, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), compared this issue to “Big Tobacco” of the 1990s, and called for Congress to “break the straitjacket” of big tech lobbying on Capitol Hill.
Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant, testified on Meta’s harmful impact on…
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Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant, testified on Meta’s harmful impact on children. He said that his own teenage daughter was among the one in eight kids, aged 13-15, who had received unwanted sexual advances on Instagram within a seven-day period, and that he informed Meta’s top leadership–including CEO Mark Zuckerberg–but no steps were taken to address such problems. The subcommittee’s chair, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), compared this issue to “Big Tobacco” of the 1990s, and called for Congress to “break the straitjacket” of big tech lobbying on Capitol Hill. close