A former insider’s testimony has placed Meta’s leadership decisions and the personal cost of Instagram abuse at the center of a closely watched trial. A high-profile trial against Meta Platforms is underway in federal court in Oakland, California. Former company engineering director Arturo Behar testified that Mark Zuckerberg created a corporate culture in which child...Read More
Arturo Bejar, former Facebook safety engineer and Instagram consultant, is questioned by states’ lawyer Jason Slothouber before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states, alleging it improperly captured data from minors, designed its social media platforms to addict children and misled the...Read More
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Meta is facing fresh legal pressure in the US as a major child-safety trial opens in California. Four states are seeking financial penalties and changes to the way Facebook and Instagram operate, accusing the company of putting children at risk and failing to adequately protect their data. Meta has rejected the allegations and says it...Read More
A former Meta employee testified that the company prioritized its financial interests over the safety of children, as a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of harming young users’ mental health continues in the U.S. The trial, presided over by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, continued Wednesday at the district court in Oakland, California, after opening the...Read More
Instagram says users must be at least 13. Arturo Béjar says the company knew that rule was routinely broken. The former Meta engineering director told a federal court in Oakland that “tens of thousands” of children under 13 had surfaced in his research and that their presence on Instagram was “common knowledge” inside the company....Read More
Online gaming platform Roblox has given a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to do more “to protect children from grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse”. The agreement comes after the eSafety commissioner discovered adults were still able to see child accounts on Roblox, as well as sending requests to connect. This followed almost two...Read More
Arturo Bejar, a vocal critic of Meta’s safety record, made the allegation during his second day of testimony in a landmark trial over claims brought by a coalition of states that could reshape Facebook and Instagram, some of the most popular apps on the planet. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey accuse Meta of designing...Read More
eSafety secures enforceable child safety undertaking from Roblox Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox requiring the gaming platform to strengthen measures designed to protect children from grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse. eSafety said it had concerns that Roblox was not meeting requirements under Australia’s Online Safety Act, including obligations covering contact...Read More
The Australian internet regulator is threatening a gaming giant with legal action if it fails to take steps to protect kids from grooming. Roblox on Thursday received an enforceable undertaking following concerns about exploitation and abuse guardrails on its platform. The eSafety Commission alleged the game was not meeting its obligations under the Online Safety...Read More
