Meta's Zuckerberg Accused of Lying About Child Safety in Federal Trial
Is social media harm a failure of parenting or did Meta knowingly put children in danger?
Above: A 14-year-old boy holds an iPhone screen in Bath on March 29. Image credit: Anna Barclay/Getty Images
The Spin
Narrative A
Meta insists parenting shares responsibility, but its own record tells more: Over four million suspicious accounts purged, 36 million exploitative posts removed, 96% caught proactively. Bejar's testimony reflects one perspective — not proof of indifference. Systems this aggressive don't describe a company that shrugged at children's safety.
Narrative B
Zuckerberg testified under oath that Meta never targeted minors — then his own data showed 4 million users under 13. A Meta researcher flagged 500,000 child exploitation cases per day, and 64% of safety tools were rated ineffective. This isn't a parenting failure; Meta knowingly built a system that put kids in harm's way and buried the evidence.
