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The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that it is launching an inquiry into seven tech companies that make AI chatbot companion products for minors: Alphabet, CharacterAI, Instagram, Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and xAI. The federal regulator seeks to learn how these companies are evaluating the safety and monetization of chatbot companions, how they try to limit negative impacts on children …

In 2021, when former Meta employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on dangers that the company’s platforms posed to kids, Meta realized it needed to change. “I’m here to tell you today that Meta has changed,” said one of a new set of whistleblowers — former Meta user experience researcher Cayce Savage — before the the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on …

Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from its virtual reality (VR) products. “Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users’ negative experiences,” said Jason Sattizahn. The hearing comes a day after the Washington Post reported the …

Two former Meta employees alleged in sworn congressional testimony on Tuesday that the company’s virtual reality products have exposed children to adult content such as nudity, sexual propositions and live masturbation. The former employees, Jason Sattizahn and Cayce Savage, worked as researchers who specialized in studying the welfare of underage users of Meta VR products. They told senators from the …

A former top cybersecurity executive at WhatsApp filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that parent company Meta disregarded internal flaws in the app’s digital defenses and exposed billions of its users. He says the company systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures. Attaullah Baig, who served as head of security for WhatsApp from 2021 to …

Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Two current and two former Meta employees disclosed documents to Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children’s safety, according to a report from The Washington Post. According to their claims, Meta changed its policies around researching sensitive topics — like politics, children, gender, race, and harassment — six weeks after whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked internal documents …

Meta allegedly suppressed research that suggested kids were exposed to certain dangers when using its VR headsets, . Current and former employees have presented documents to Congress that describe incidents in which children were groomed by adult predators in VR, but allege that internal reports were edited to omit the worst of these offenses. Meta has denied these allegations. Two …

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say  The Washington Post Senator says Meta ignored warnings about AI chatbots and teens  NBC News Blackburn pushes for KOSA  The Hill Meta Whistleblowers Allege Suppression of VR Child Safety Research  WebProNews Republican Senators Press Meta on Restricting Minors’ Access to Online Content  National Review Source link

In 2025, the US workforce experienced significant disruptions, driven by federal layoffs, corporate restructuring, cost-cutting measures, economic pressures, and financial distress across various sectors. Federal agencies drove over half of all layoffs this quarter, with over 150,000 job cuts reported in February and March. The list of companies laying off companies is growing following two years of significant job cuts …