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3. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Insider Monkey Score: 5

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the company behind Facebook and Instagram, is under increasing public scrutiny for child safety dangers of its programs. In 2023, 42 U.S. Attorneys General sued Meta for allegedly producing programs that endanger children’s health and safety. This lawsuit has revealed frightening information about the distribution of harmful content on Instagram.

Meta recently released unsealed information relating to their internal study on child safety hazards to state Attorneys General. This study, known as the Bad Experiences and Encounters Framework (BEEF) survey, asked over 240,000 Instagram users if they had experienced 22 distinct types of online harm, ranging from disinformation and hate speech to unwelcome sexual advances and self-harm. Overall, consumers are critical of the release of private information, which makes people appear worse than they are, and they are concerned about child safety.