Ex-Meta director begs former colleagues to halt child harm

#350: "I believed the leadership and internal propaganda about our ambitions and priorities and value. I feel tremendous guilt," she says.

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Today, I’m continuing my countdown to the watershed Meta trial which will see 33 US States peel back the covers to reveal the harm the social network does to teens.

Unsealed court documents are beginning to emerge that give an insight into what we can expect when its execs are hauled before a judge under oath to admit what they did.