Whistleblowers accuse Meta of neglecting child safety and hiding VR research
TL;DR
Whistleblowers and former Meta employees allege the company covered up potential harms to children from its VR products, including erasing evidence of sexual abuse risks and avoiding research on harmful content, which Meta denies, claiming the claims are false and based on leaked documents.
- Meta covered up potential child harms, whistleblowers claim BBC
- Meta blocked research on kids using VR, two former employees say NBC News
- Hawley pushes legal action against Meta after whistleblowers detail child abuse in VR Fox News
- Meta ignored warnings about chatbots, children: Senate Democrat The Hill
- Meta Whistleblowers Testify on Child Safety Research C-SPAN
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