Meta Under Fire After Whistleblower Claims 100 Times More Teens Saw Graphic Content Than Company Reported

Meta Under Fire After Whistleblower Claims 100 Times More Teens Saw Graphic Content Than Company Reported

Meta is facing fresh scrutiny after whistleblower Arturo Béjar claimed the company's own measurements significantly underestimated the extent to which teenagers experienced harmful content on Instagram, with internal research suggesting some negative experiences occurred at rates up to 100 times higher than Meta's public figures indicated. Béjar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant who worked on the company's user-safety efforts, i…