Senators on Tuesday accused social media company Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, of covering up harms like the sexual exploitation of children on their virtual reality platform.
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law heard testimony from former Meta Platforms researchers Jason Sattizahn and Cayce Savage, who allege Meta suppressed research into user safety, including psychological harms for children and women.
Subcommittee Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., called the researchers’ allegations “shocking” and thanked them for coming forward.
