Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial

Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial  Reuters

Arturo Béjar, a former Meta safety researcher who has become one of its biggest critics, told jurors in California federal court that Zuckerberg did little to address the harmful effects of Facebook and Instagram despite having near-unchecked power as the company’s CEO.

A coalition of US states has accused Meta of designing Instagram and Facebook to hook young users.

Arturo Bejar, a vocal Meta critic, made the allegation in a landmark trial over claims brought by a coalition of states that could reshape Facebook and Instagram.

Arturo Bejar, a prominent critic of the company, made the statement during his second day of testimony

Arturo Bejar has been a key witness against the social-media giant in three cases that have gone to trial so far

Raul Torrez, New Mexico’s attorney general, is drafting two bills as a separate 29-state trial over child safety opens in Oakland tomorrow.