A staffer places a visual aide on a stand as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions Sattizahn and Savage during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing titled ‘Hidden Harms: Examining Whistleblower Allegations that Meta Buried Child Safety Research’,on Capitol Hill on Sept 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. The whistleblowers allege that Meta deleted or manipulated internal research showing children as young as 10 were exposed to sexual harassment, grooming and violence on its platforms in disclosures to Congress and federal regulators. — AFP
WASHINGTON: Meta systematically suppressed internal research highlighting serious child safety risks on its virtual reality platforms, according to allegations from current and former employees who testified to Congress on Sept 9.
The social media giant deployed lawyers to screen, edit and sometimes veto sensitive safety research after facing congressional scrutiny in 2021, six researchers alleged.
