US EditionMeta suppressed children's safety research, four whistleblowers claim
- Four whistleblowers accused Meta on September 10, 2025, of suppressing internal research that showed harm to children on its virtual reality platforms.
- The allegations follow presentations of thousands of internal documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee and come amid congressional hearings on children’s safety in VR.
- The documents reveal Meta’s legal team controlled and edited youth safety studies to avoid legal risks, while employees said Meta blocked research into harms faced by underage users.
- One former researcher stated that a teen reported his ten-year-old brother was sexually propositioned, but Meta ordered the recording deleted, showing Meta prioritizes profit over safety, whistleblowers claim.
- As a result, senators demand transparency from Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and the hearings could further influence regulation of virtual reality and child protection laws.
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Meta was accused on Tuesday by former and current employees, testifying before the U.S. Senate, of systematically suffocating studies on security flaws that allowed young children to access its virtual reality platforms.
La Nación, Grupo Nación
udgtvWashington. Meta regularly suppressed internal investigations that pointed to serious risks to child safety on its virtual reality platforms, according to allegations by current and previous employees who testified before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.After being submitted to Congressional scrutiny in 2021, the social media giant hired lawyers to filter, edit and, at times, veto sensitive security investigations, denounced six investigators. In t…
Parents seek child safety laws for social media
Two mothers who claim to have both lost their children due to social media call for Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act amid new whistleblower allegations that Meta suppressed child safety research. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports.
Meta in hot seat again over whistleblower safety allegations
Meta is facing Congress’s ire once again over its approach to online safety, after several current and former employees came forward with allegations that the tech giant attempted to “bury” findings about safety concerns across its platforms — particularly newer virtual and augmented reality products. Six current and former Meta employees detailed concerns about the…
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