Washington CNN —Meta’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ignored warnings for years about harms to teens on its platforms such as Instagram, a company whistleblower told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, both parties have united behind blaming Meta for contributing to a nationwide mental health crisis.
Bejar’s research “is basically a smoking gun,” Haugen told CNN in an interview Tuesday.
“Every day countless people inside and outside of Meta are working on how to help keep young people safe online,” said Meta spokesman Andy Stone in a statement.
He said everyday Americans understand “the harm being done” and compared it to harms from smoking.
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