Meta allegedly suppressed the research that suggested that children were made aware of some dangers while using its VR headset, The current and former employees have presented documents to the Congress that describe incidents in which children were prepared by adult predators in VR, but alleged that internal reports were edited to give up the worst of these crimes. Meta has denied these allegations.
Two of these researchers claim that they met a German family in which a child under ten was contacted online by strangers using a meta VR headset. Some of these strangers allegedly sexually proposed the child. When the employees released the heroing report, their boss allegedly ordered that the above claims be removed. When the internal report was eventually published, it spoke to some parents to be afraid of this type of thing, but did not mention the above incident.
A contingent of documents presented to the Congress allegedly indicated guidance from the Meta’s legal team, which instructs researchers to avoid collecting data about children using VR devices. Memorandum shows ,
The documents also include the warnings of the employees that children under 13 were ignoring age restrictions to use VR headsets. However, Meta has reduced the minimum age since then ,
Meta spokesman Dani Lever told Post The documents were “stitched together to fit a predetermined and false story” and that the company does not ban research about children under 13 years of age. “We are standing from the excellent work of our research team and disappointed with these misconceptions of the team’s efforts,” she said.
The company did not confirm or deny the events about the family in Germany, but said that if the anecdote was removed from the official records, it was to ensure compliance with the American Federal Law to handle the personal data or general data protection regulation (GDPR) of children from the European Union.
This prevents companies from collecting personal information without consent, but researchers said they had received consent from the child’s mother. He also says that he received a signed contract from his mother at the beginning of the interview.
A Senate Judication Subcommittee has been scheduled to discuss these allegations in a hearing later in a week. This particular sub -committee examines laws and rules regarding online security.
it was Meta is opening it Horizon world For VR Hangout App Pretense, until they get the approval of parents. This inspired the Senate Judiciary Committee to compile a letter on the app demanding the presence of minors on the app and the company’s alleged failures. ,
