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Will Oremus
@willoremus.com

A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform. Meta deleted the evidence. New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

washingtonpost.comMeta suppressed research on child safety, employees sayThe company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.
Will Oremus
@willoremus.com

I wrote a few years ago about repeatedly encountering unsupervised kids on Meta's VR platform. Deeply concerned, I asked the company if they'd received any reports of child exploitation or grooming. The company declined to comment. My story from 2022: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

washingtonpost.comKids are flocking to Facebook’s ‘metaverse.’ Experts worry predators will follow.As Facebook shifts focus to building the "metaverse," lax moderation is already posing serious safety issues.

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Cesar1622
@2ccunha.bsky.social

Did you believe Mark Zuckerberg when he said he didn't know what Cambridge Analytica did with the data of users on its networks? In Europe, BREXIT; in the United States, Trump ; in Brazil, the scammer and genocidal Jair Bolsonaro. The mental damage was Great. A digital LSD.