Meta suppressed children's safety research, four whistleblowers claim
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- Meta employees allege suppression of research on children’s safety.
- Policy changes post-Frances Haugen leaks limited sensitive research topics.
- Researchers advised to involve lawyers or use vague language.
- Former researcher claims deletion of recordings involving minors in VR.
- Meta cites privacy laws for deleting under-13 data without consent.
- Whistleblowers claim discouragement of research on under-13 VR app usage.
- Meta denies allegations, citing approval of 180+ youth safety studies.
- Former employee Kelly Stonelake sued over VR safety and racism issues.
- Meta’s AI chatbots also criticized for inappropriate interactions with minors.