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A Meta engineer known as an expert at curbing online harassment saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before the US Congress

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Tags: social media, usa, meta, instagram, bullying.cyber, harassment, abuse, children, teenagers, politics, legislation, us congress, author.barbara ortutay, source.associated press
https://apnews.com/article/social-media-teens-meta-instagram-arturo-bejar-5f7fb7d55fb9f0da12cf3a57837fa0c5

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Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram's harms to teens
Published
Nov 7 2023
Word count
817 words

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  1. boxer_dogs_dance
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    Béjar said it is “absolutely essential” that Congress passes bipartisan legislation “to help ensure that there is transparency about these harms and that teens can get help” with the support of the right experts.

    “The most effective way to regulate social media companies is to require them to develop metrics that will allow both the company and outsiders to evaluate and track instances of harm, as experienced by users. This plays to the strengths of what these companies can do, because data for them is everything,” he wrote in his prepared testimony

    6 votes
  2. Eji1700
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    Well he's got the right argument, but sadly it seems that Congress long ago decided to let the internet become the arena where existing laws don't apply. I would not be surprised if we just wind...

    Well he's got the right argument, but sadly it seems that Congress long ago decided to let the internet become the arena where existing laws don't apply. I would not be surprised if we just wind up with some onerous regulation that really accomplishes nothing but makes it extremely hard for a startup to compete.

    4 votes