Meta restricted internal study showing harms to young users, US jury hears
By Maria Dinzeo ( July 29, 2026, 00:15 GMT | Insight) -- A large internal Meta Platforms study documented widespread harmful experiences among young Instagram users, but former engineering director Arturo Bejar told a Tennessee jury that the company restricted the findings internally and failed to disclose them publicly.One of Meta Platforms’ largest internal studies gave the company detailed evidence of harmful experiences among Instagram’s youngest users, but Meta prevented the study’s key findings from being shared even with its own employees and never disclosed them with parents or the public, former engineering director Arturo Bejar told a Tennessee jury Tuesday....
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