Wed, 10 Sep 2025

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 Meta covered up potential child harms, whistleblowers claim

Meta denies the allegations and described the "claims at the heart" of the Senate hearing as "nonsense".

* Meta covered up potential harms to children from its virtual reality (VR) products.
* The company allegedly demanded that researchers erase evidence of sexual abuse risk on those products.
* Meta told in-house researchers to avoid work that could produce evidence of harm from its VR products to children.
* Roblox, a popular online game platform among children, was used by coordinated paedophile rings, according to Ms Savage's research.
* She flagged this issue to Meta and recommended removing the app from their headset, but it is still available in the Meta VR app store. Meta's response:
* The company denies the allegations as "nonsense" and claims that they are based on selectively leaked internal documents.
* A spokesperson stated that there were no bans or limits on carrying out research, citing nearly 180 approved studies on youth safety and well-being.
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