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Arturo Bejar, a former executive at Meta, testified at a trial regarding social media addiction and its harmful effects on youth. Citing cases of his own children being victimized, he exposed that Meta adhered to algorithmic designs for the sake of profit and criticized CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision-making style. In response, Meta countered that there was insufficient evidence to prove a causal link with mental health.
Arturo Béjar spent six years working on child security tools on Facebook, from Meta Platforms Inc., but testified before a jury that he was not fully aware of the threats young users faced on the platform until his 14-year-old daughter opened an Instagram account. “He started receiving requests for sexual content and photos of intimate parts of people he didn’t know,” Béjar said. “I found it shocking.
[Digital Daily Reporter Chae Seong-oh] Instagram's "Like" feature and "infinite scrolling," which endlessly displays the next post, have been brought before U.S. courts. The key issue has emerged as whether the platform's fundamental design—which keeps users on the platform longer—can be held accountable, going beyond the question of whether social media is harmful to youth. U.S. states including California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey ar…
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