Mark Zuckerberg’s empire is crumbling before our eyes.
Two former Meta employees just stepped forward with shocking revelations about what the company knew about children using their platforms.
And Meta whistleblowers dropped one bombshell that will have parents seeing red.
Meta executives knew children were in danger and did nothing about it
Two former Meta researchers testified before a Senate panel and what they revealed should have every parent in America furious.
Two Meta insiders just blew the whistle on what Mark Zuckerberg’s company knew about children on their platforms – and what they chose to do about it.
The testimony from former researcher Cayce Savage should have parents across America demanding answers.
"Meta cannot be trusted to tell the truth about the safety or use of its products," Savage testified before the Senate subcommittee on privacy and technology.¹
Think about that for a moment.
Meta’s own researchers discovered that kids were accessing virtual reality content and getting exposed to sexual material.
The company’s response wasn’t to fix the problem – it was to kill the research.
Jason Sattizahn, who worked in Meta’s Reality Labs division, backed up Savage’s explosive claims during the same hearing.
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) asked Sattizahn point-blank whether he was surprised that Meta would program chatbots to "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual."
His answer was chilling: "No, not at all."²
The cover-up goes deeper than anyone imagined
Here’s where the story gets really ugly.
According to Savage’s testimony, Meta executives made a calculated decision to stop studying how their platforms harm children.
The strategy was simple – if you don’t research the damage, you can claim you didn’t know about it.
What Savage witnessed during her time at Meta reads like a parent’s worst nightmare: kids getting bullied, sexually assaulted, and asked for nude photos while using company platforms.
But instead of addressing these horrific situations, Meta chose to look the other way.
The company’s response to the whistleblower testimony was predictably defensive.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone claimed the allegations were "based on selectively leaked internal documents that were picked specifically to craft a false narrative."³
Stone also insisted "there was never any blanket prohibition on conducting research with young people."
But that contradicts what the whistleblowers testified under oath.
These aren’t disgruntled former employees making wild accusations.
These are researchers who worked inside Meta’s systems and saw firsthand how the company operates.
Here’s what this really means for American families
Look, this isn’t just another tech company scandal.
This is about a massive corporation that built its empire by exploiting children while their executives got rich.
Zuckerberg and his team knew kids were being harmed on their platforms and made the calculated decision to hide the evidence rather than fix the problem.
For folks who’ve been warning about Big Tech’s influence over our children, these revelations confirm what we’ve suspected all along.
These companies don’t care about family values or protecting kids.
They care about one thing – maximizing profits from addictive platforms that keep users engaged no matter the cost.
Senator Blackburn used the hearing to push for the Kids Online Safety Act, legislation she co-sponsored that passed the Senate but stalled in the House.
The timing couldn’t be better for getting this bill across the finish line.
When company insiders are testifying that Meta deliberately ignored child safety to protect profits, how can anyone justify blocking legislation designed to protect kids online?
Parents who’ve watched their children struggle with social media addiction now have proof that Meta knew exactly what they were doing.
They weren’t just failing to protect kids – they were actively choosing not to research the damage their platforms were causing.
This is corporate negligence on a scale that should result in criminal charges, not just congressional hearings.
The real question is whether our justice system will hold Zuckerberg and Meta accountable or if they’ll continue getting away with treating American children like lab rats in their digital experiments.
¹ Reuters, "Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta ‘cannot be trusted to tell the truth’ about child safety: whistleblowers," New York Post, September 9, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
