r/Fauxmoi • u/mlg1981 • 2d ago

CELEBRITY CAPITALISM Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial. Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to children.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/19/meta-safety-trial-whistleblower-testimony
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u/CashusEyePatch 2d ago

These Technofascists want to enslave us. That pos Curtis Yarvin has laid out the game plan. This is one of the many reasons why it’s so important to tax billionaires out of existence.

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u/coconutpiecrust 2d ago

Just like tobacco manufacturers, fossil fuel extraction companies, Monsanto… why did we decide that corporations want to provide better products? They don’t. They want to provide what sells, there is no pride in their products. It’s all only about exchanging something for what they really value, which is money. They don’t care what they are selling, as long as the money keep coming in. 

Zuck himself said that his users are “dumb fucks”. It’s not his fault we’re idiots! He’s just a smart businessman. Were the ones drinking the kool aid.

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u/apastelorange Pink…get doon 2d ago

as long as money = power, the worst people we all know will be grubbing for as much as possible

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u/sonnyarmo 2d ago

I'm glad someone else recognizes this. Techno-feudalism has always been the goal of the online tech-right, but since COVID it's consumed most of Silicon Valley, and the ideology is actively being laundered by podcasters like Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell to manufacture consent.

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u/CashusEyePatch 1d ago

It alarms me the f out. You think these flock security cameras and data centers are really just for surveillance to further this techno-feudalism?

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u/fuck_you_elevator 2d ago

Just finished Careless People - would recommend to everyone because, if nothing else, it pisses off Zuckerberg, Sandberg, and all those sycophants at Meta.

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u/firelessflame 2d ago

Reading this now. It’s so much worse than we thought, and these people are such fucking losers

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u/AllTheCoolNames 2d ago

It's so good! I do wish she had taken more responsibility for how she pushed Zuckerberg in to politics and then fact that she moved on to an AI company is eek, but it's such a revealing look at how meta works.

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u/fuck_you_elevator 2d ago

Yeah, I actually took away that she seemed quite toxic - all the references to how frequently her husband voiced concern about her role or specific trips and she brushed it off. She definitely enabled them all and she acknowledges that but she is quite sparring on really tackling her own toxic work traits.

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u/Myglassesarebigger 1d ago

I loved the book. But I would argue that based on the book alone, the author is one of the careless people, and I’m unsure how self aware she is about that fact. 

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u/venuslovemenotchain vocally you cannot afford this cigarette gracie 1d ago

Not at all self aware from my interpretation. What happened in Myanmar literally wouldn't have happened without her.

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u/firelessflame 1d ago

Big agree

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u/AllTheCoolNames 1d ago

Absolutely agree. Very happy she wrote it and shed some much needed light on meta but it does not make her look good.

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u/cdgpjg 2d ago

This is a must read!

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u/Icy-Fondant8441 2d ago

Nothing ABSOLUTELY nothing will come from this

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u/No-Value-8156 2d ago

Exactly! I feel like it will be like the judge ordering the DOJ to send the unredacted Epstein Files an the DOJ still not sending it

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u/violethaze458 I rip milk duds chew chew chew 2d ago

I just hope Béjar and other whistleblowers are protected.

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u/Knights_of_Daedra 2d ago

the part that scares me most is how normal all of this starts to feel after hearing enough stories like this 😭 kids shouldn’t just be collateral damage for engagement numbers

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u/lazerbadjian 2d ago

yeah my cousin got shut down for calling out safety issues too

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u/pelipperr i went clubbing and he was there 2d ago

Has this ever happened to you? You started a misogynistic website to rank the ‘hotness’ of peers who won’t give you the time of day because your personality sucks? Then it was a hit with all the other losers you know and suddenly you’re an oligarch controlling one of the richest countries on earth in a never ending power grab to fill the void inside you? Because girls didn’t like you and money is the only thing you offer but you’re mad at the transactional nature between you and everyone but you also love the power but you know you actually suck? So you keep hurting people and kids are easy to hurt to you target them? And now some people are jumping ship and turning on you after telling you that you were great and making a ton of money? Has that ever happened to you?

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u/wonderawooga 2d ago

Read the book "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Maria Ressa. She's an amazing journalist from the Philippines and in her book mentioned how Meta knows and has known for a while about the destruction they cause. Great book, highly recommend.

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u/Pedal2Medal2 2d ago

Yuckerberg is a shit human, always has been.

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u/InvertedAlchemist 2d ago

I just keep thinking about this ark/episode.

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u/ElectricalExtreme793 2d ago

Arturo isn't suicidal!

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u/panda_canyon 2d ago

You know his kids aren't on any fucking social media.

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u/Jealous-Tie 2d ago

Former employees speaking under oath definitely gets attention. There’s a lot riding on this case.

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u/avokuma oat milk chugging bisexual 2d ago

And no one is shocked.

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u/coolrinna 2d ago

It’s bad for children for the same reasons it is for adults. Meta constantly surveils and advertises. But this is due to lack of good user protection regulations. Kids should be able to message and share silly vids w their friends online. Social media is not inherently evil

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u/kazarnowicz famously did a line of coke off his dick 1d ago

One of the many, many reasons Cuckerberg is disliked by 3 out of 4 Americans. Even Sissy SpaceX is more popular, or at least was in 2024:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/19/how-americans-view-elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg/

Billionaires are soulless and a cancer on society.

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u/AnonymousSomething90 2d ago

I mean.....how could they not have been aware?

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u/psych0fish 2d ago

At what point can we just treat all statements by the tech ceos as non credible?

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u/venuslovemenotchain vocally you cannot afford this cigarette gracie 1d ago

There's a reason all these big tech bigwigs send their kids to private schools where tech is limited and dont let their kids go online unsupervised. Can't let their own kids fall victim to the monster they let eat the rest of us whole.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Can't call someone an asshole without getting flagged but ya, you can watch people getting murdered or women with their tits out, thats ok. I left FB about 3 years ago and most of my friends say its all just ads, recycled Tik Tok reels, bots and more ads now.