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11-07 Facebook Whistleblower to Reveal Company’s ‘Complete Disregard’ for Youth Safety During Bombshell Senate Testimony as Teen Mental Health Crisis Escalates: Big Tech Lobbyists are Working to TANK Online Safety Legislation Allege Democrats AND Republicans

A top Big Tech whistleblower is expected to drag Facebook for company policies that are perpetuating the teen mental health crisis during a Senate hearing Tuesday.

Facebook, which recently rebranded to ‘Meta,’ is accused by a former compliance official Arturo Bejar of ignoring information that would protect teens and rolling back safety protocols to protect its bottom line.

And it is a rare issue that is unifying Republicans and Democrats.

GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., met with Bejar last week and said he presented new evidence to back up claims that Meta executives ‘knowingly’ turned a blind eye to the ‘horrific harms to young people on the company’s platforms.’

From Bejar’s disclosures, the senators said they uncovered information revealing the executives were ‘personally warned’ that millions of American teens opened their apps immediately to eating disorder, drug and sex content.

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Warrior11-07 Facebook Whistleblower to Reveal Company’s ‘Complete Disregard’ for Youth Safety During Bombshell Senate Testimony as Teen Mental Health Crisis Escalates: Big Tech Lobbyists are Working to TANK Online Safety Legislation Allege Democrats AND Republicans