"In 2021, when former Meta employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on dangers that the company's platforms posed to kids, Meta realized it needed to change. "I'm here to tell you today that Meta has changed," said one of a new set of whistleblowers - former Meta user experience researcher Cayce Savage - before the the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, "for the worse.""
"Savage and another former Meta researcher, Jason Sattizahn, appeared before the subcommittee on September 9th. Their testimonies built on an account that they and several other former and current employees shared with The Washington Post, which recently detailed allegations that Meta unleashed its legal team on its own researchers to suppress findings that its virtual reality services harmed kids. As Congress struggled to pass tech regulation spurred by Haugen's revelations, lawmakers contended, Meta has simply learned to hide its problems better."
In 2021 Frances Haugen exposed risks that Meta's platforms posed to children, prompting expectations of internal change. New whistleblowers assert that Meta instead improved its ability to conceal problems and retaliate against researchers. Former Meta user experience researcher Cayce Savage and researcher Jason Sattizahn testified to a Senate subcommittee on September 9th about efforts to suppress findings. Those testimonies drew on accounts shared with The Washington Post alleging that Meta's legal team targeted internal researchers and sought to hide evidence that its virtual reality services harmed kids. Lawmakers framed those actions as obstruction amid stalled tech regulation.
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