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• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  @WSJ - One in eight users under the age of 16 said they experienced unwanted sexual advances on the platform over the previous seven days. - More than a fifth felt worse about themselves after viewing others' posts https://www.wsj.com/...

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  Wow. In an incredible report from the @WSJ, a new Meta whistleblower has come forward. Arturo Bejar knew Instagram was toxic for teens, rife with unwanted sexual advances. And went to Zuckerberg. But when Bejar told the CEO he never heard back. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @jensmithnyc Jennifer Smith on x

  “I asked her why boys keep doing that,” Bejar wrote to Zuckerberg and his top lieutenants. “She said if the only thing that happens is they get blocked, why wouldn't they?” https://www.wsj.com/...

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  @WSJ Incredible. Bejar sent his concerned message to Meta leadership the same day Frances Haugen testified. Zuckerberg ignored. FB started a campaign of “narrative excellence” to stop people from researching bad stuff. Then they laid off the team doing that research [image]

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Bejar testifies Tue so will share story with these Senators, “'Pls don't talk about my underage !;!$,' Bejar's daughter shot back before reporting his comment to Instagram. A few days later, the platform got back to her: The insult didn't violate its community guidelines.” 2/3 [i…

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on x

  “When a Meta security expert told Mark Zuckerberg that Instagram's approach to protecting teens wasn't working, the CEO didn't reply. Now the former insider is set to tell Congress about the predatory behavior.” -@JeffHorwitz https://www.wsj.com/...

• @brianboland Brian Boland on x

  @justinhendrix @JeffHorwitz Well... They ask is to trust them rather than giving us the data to know. I don't trust them and I worked with them.

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  This does not surprise me whatsoever and sounds like the company knew too: “Instagram acted so rarely on reports of [unwanted sexual] behavior that the girls no longer bothered reporting them.” [image]

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  New Meta whistleblower, Arturo Bejar, is a source for the coalition of State AGs who filed suit against Meta last week https://x.com/... [image]

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on x

  This would appear to undercut the core arguments folks like Nick Clegg have made about three company's success in dealing with harmful material like hate speech. @JeffHorwitz [image]

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  Breaking: A new Meta whistleblower has come forward to share irrefutable evidence that Facebook leadership was personally warned about the horrific harms & abuse young people face on the company's platforms, but did nothing to protect kids or disclose these disturbing findings.

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  Wow. In an incredible report from the @WSJ, a new Meta whistleblower has come forward, who told Zuckerberg Instagram was unsafe. Zuckerberg never replied. Meta and Instagram cannot be trusted to safeguard American kids and teenagers. This is huge. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @zamaan_qureshi Zamaan Qureshi on x

  @WSJ Would love to know how Meta spox Andy Stone thinks “reminders to be kind” stop creeps and predators from unsolicited sexual pics to kids under 16. If only there was a team inside Meta to study that... [image]

• @kevinliao_ Kevin Liao on x

  Shocking, yet not surprising: Top executives at Meta — including Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — failed to act on evidence that teens on Instagram regularly faced unwanted sexual advances and hostility based on race, religion, or identity. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @ethanwsj Ethan Smith on x

  One in eight Instagram users under the age of 16 said they experienced unwanted sexual advances on the platform in the previous week. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @accountabletech @accountabletech on x

  #BREAKING: A former Facebook senior engineer has come forward with shocking internal research from the company on Instagram's harms to kids. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  two constants at Facebook, Inc: 1) good intentioned midlevel people who join the company to try to fix it from the inside rather than very top of Facebook where it's necessary. 2) Stone/PR running point to deflect and defend them from the worst findings. 1/3 [image]

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  And of course they did, “The company responded by offering him a two-year consulting gig.” Full, must-read report. 3/3 https://www.wsj.com/...

• @brianboland Brian Boland on x

  @WSJ This is disappointing but not surprising. I worked there with these leaders and they willfully suspend disbelief on safety issues. This is simply an example of standard negligent behavior when it comes to keeping people safe.

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  This first-hand knowledge & evidence makes clear that Meta puts profits ahead of safety & the wellbeing of children. Meta had ample chances to clean up its act—instead it backtracked on its commitment & misled Congress. The lesson is Big Tech won't reform itself.

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  A new whistleblower reveals Meta's internal knowledge of teen harm met with executive and managerial indifference which seems to be the company policy now after all the whistleblowing and zero Congressional action. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  .@MarshaBlackburn & my Kids Online Safety Act will finally require Big Tech to establish real safeguards & give kids & parents the tools they need to take back their online lives. It's time to say “enough is enough” to Big Tech & pass the Kids Online Safety Act.