Hawley calls for lawsuits against Meta over child safety failures

Senator Josh Holie, R-MO, called for “opening the doors of the court hall” so that parents can prosecute Meta, accusing the founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg of misleading congress with the details of informants about the child’s safety failures on the virtual company platforms (VR).

Two former researchers in Mita told the Senate Committee on Tuesday that the company was burying evidence to harm the child in the virtual reality, and killed studies to stimulate age, and Amnesty International left flowing with children-which gives a batch of two parties to pass the measures that protect the palace via the Internet.

A Meta Fox News Digital spokesman told the claims at the heart of the session “nonsense”.

The spokesman said, “The claims in the heart of this session are nonsense. They are based on the internal documents that were selectively leaked and that were selected specifically to formulate a false narration.” “The truth is that there was no comprehensive ban on research with young people, and since the beginning of 2022, Meta has agreed to nearly 180 studies related to the reality laboratory on issues including youth safety and welfare.”

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The certificate before the Senate are Kais Savage and Dr. Jasson Satentsan, both of whom are former researchers in Meta.

Satizahn allegedly gave priority to the participation and profit for safety – especially for children – tampered with or erased research that shows damage.

He said that despite attempts to reduce data collection, researchers in studies can still show the products of the endangered company.

Germany once banned Meta VR sales on data processing concerns; It resumed sales in 2022, Sattizahn was sent to conduct research there.

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Menlo Park, California – December 29: Visitors walk in front of the Meta (Facebook) brand at its headquarters at Menlo Park, California, United States on December 29, 2022. ((Photo Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images))

He said he understood that Mita was trying to show VR headphones that were safe for the Germans.

But when research revealed that children below the legal age who use Meta VR in Germany were exposed to the demands of sexual acts, nude images and other actions that they should never be exposed, as Sattizahn Meta demanded to allow all evidence.

“My research still reveals emotional and psychological damage, especially for women who have been subjected to sexual order, harassment or worse,” he said. “In response, Mita called for a future research change for not collecting these data on emotional and psychological harm.”

Savage has seen that she had led young safety research in virtual reality, and likewise, Meta said priority to participate about the child’s safety.

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Senator Josh Holie (R-MO) spoke during the hearing of a sub-committee for the judiciary on Meta platforms on September 9, 2025, and urged Congress to “open the doors of the courtroom” so that families can prosecute. (Chip Somodevilla)

She said that the company used repression tactics, including editing reports, and demanding the deletion and functions that threaten.

Hawly Savage asked why it was important that Meta had children under 13 years of age using VR; I told him that children are leading a family adoption of gaming devices, which means more money for dead.

“Therefore, it comes to profits, at the end of the day,” Hawly told Savage while seeking to clarify whether Meta would do anything for profit, including exposing children to Diqis sexual assault.

“When I was conducting a search to determine the damage that children face in virtual reality, which I had to be hidden because Legal would not actually allow me to do so, I have determined that Roblox, the application, is in virtual reality, was used, through coordinated children’s episodes,” said Savage. “They created nudity clubs and pushed children to strip them.”

She added that Robox could be converted into real money.

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Roblox logo. In the session, the reporters of the violations, Kais Savage, claimed that the VR application on Meta headphones was exploited by predators and said that she warned dead against hosting them. (Getty Images)

Savage said she put a mark on the case to Meta, saying under any circumstances should host the Roblox application on the headphone.

“You can now download it in their application store,” she said.

Later under the interrogation, Savage told the committee that it was estimated that any child in a VR social space would come into contact with or display directly, which is very inappropriate.

“Every child goes to the platform will be 100 % exposed to sexual assault materials, each one,” Holie told Fox News Digital on Tuesday evening. “I just returned to the fact that we have to protect our children. It cannot be if you call the Internet as a child, you are probably 100 % sexual assault, and this is what witnesses said today. If you are on the Internet, if you are in the virtual reality program program instead, you will be exposed to sexual abuse, then this was their testimony.”

Hawly Zuckerberg called for a certificate on January 31, 2024, that Meta does not allow people under the age of 13 years of service.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, who was accused by Senator Josh Holie of misleading Congress about users less than 13 years on the company’s platforms; Meta described the claims of Whistleblowers “nonsense”. (McLean/Washington Post via Getti Emiez)

During his testimony last year, the CEO said if any person under the age of 13 was found, he will be removed from service, and in response to another question, Zuckerberg said that Meta does not want users under 13 years of age.

Hawly said that Zuckerberg has misled the Americans with this testimony, pointing to the informants who said that users less than 13 years old were rampant on the platform.

“I don’t see how you can link what we told us under the section last year with what these amounts of violations said today,” Holie told Fox News Digital. “But this is true for many of his statements. I mean, he said again and again, whether it is the safety protocols that Facebook has set, and this is not true. Whether it’s related to their work in China, he said:” Oh, we do not work in China. “This is not true. This is not true.

Holie said he called for Zuckerberg to testify again under the oath, although he heard an unintended dead.

Senator Holie accused the CEO of META Mark Zuckerberg of misleading Congress about users under 13 years of age and pressing rapid accountability. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

In the end, Holie said that it was time to “open the doors of the court hall” so that the victims and families can prosecute Meta for their failure to protect children.

He said: “It is clear to me that it is time to allow parents and victims to prosecute this company.” “They must be able to enter the court, reach the jury and hold accountable this company, and this begins with Mark Zuckerberg. There must be accountability. We have to open the doors of the courtroom and allow the victims to obtain their day in the court.”

Earlier this year, Hawly said that he has developed legislation through the judicial committee that would allow victims of sexual assault on children online to sue Facebook or any major technical company where the damage occurs.

“I don’t think we will see a real change in these companies until this law and the parents can enter the court and hold these people accountable,” he said. “The bottom line is that we have to protect our children. I mean, they earn money by stealing the innocence of our children.”

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Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn, closed the meeting by inviting anyone from Meta to testify or challenge what was said.

“I think they see that there is really anger from the two parties, not only with Meta, but with these other social media platforms, virtual reality platforms, and robots, which harm our children intentionally,” she said. “This must stop. It is enough.”