A Bombshell Child Safety Leak Changed Meta — for the Worse

Meta whistleblowers sound the alarm on Zuckerberg’s pet project

Two former Meta researchers allege that top brass suppressed efforts to study and notify the public about child predation carried out via Meta’s VR headsets.

Meta Muzzled Child Safety Findings, Researchers Tell Congress

Former Meta researchers testified to sexual predation and harm faced by children using Meta's VR products.

A bombshell child safety leak changed Meta — for the worse

In 2021, when former Meta employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on dangers that the company's platforms posed to kids, Meta realized it needed to change. "I'm here to tell you today that Meta has changed," said one of a new set of whistleblowers - former Meta user experience researcher Cayce Savage - before the the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, "for the worse." Savage and another former Meta researcher, Ja…

Meta Accused of Prioritising VR Profit Over Child Safety by Whistleblowers

Former researchers told a US Senate panel on Tuesday that Meta Platforms prioritised profit from its virtual-reality (VR) platform over children's safety. The claims emerged during a hearing before the Senate subcommittee on privacy and technology.