Meta ‘Consistently’ Ignores Child Safety, Whistleblowers Testify

A pair of former employees at Meta Platforms Inc. delivered searing congressional testimony Tuesday alleging the company suppressed their research on children’s safety and knowingly neglects the well-being of their youngest users.

“It is evident that Meta consistently chooses profit over safety,” Jason Sattizahn, a researcher at Meta for six years before leaving in 2024, told a Senate subcommittee. “Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users’ negative experiences.”

“Meta is uninterested and unwilling to listen to their users or prioritize their safety,” said Cayce Savage, a Meta researcher from 2019 to 2023. “Meta ...