How Meta Whistleblower Exposed the Company’s Child Exploitation Problems and Hawley’s Response

In this video, we will explore how Arturo Béjar, a former director of engineering at Meta (formerly Facebook), exposed the company’s negligence and inaction on the issue of child exploitation on its platforms. Béjar testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, where he revealed that Meta ignored his warnings about the platform’s impact on child safety and mental health¹². He also shared shocking data from a 2021 survey that showed that one in eight kids aged 13 to 15 years old experienced unwanted sexual advances on Instagram in the last seven days¹². Senator Josh Hawley, the ranking member of the subcommittee, questioned Béjar about his memo and criticized Meta for its lobbying efforts and lack of accountability¹². Hawley also called for Congress to boycott all political giving from Big Tech companies and to reverse Section 230, a provision that protects platforms from being held accountable for co