Meta systematically suppressed internal research highlighting serious child safety risks on its virtual reality platforms, according to allegations from current and former employees who testified to Congress on Tuesday.

The social media giant deployed lawyers to screen, edit and sometimes veto sensitive safety research after facing congressional scrutiny in 2021, six researchers alleged.

In their allegations, first revealed in the Washington Post, the whistleblowers claim Meta’s legal team sought to “establish plausible deniability” about negative effects of the company’s VR products on young users.

Though a major money loser for the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, Meta is a leading force in the VR industry, primarily through its Quest lineup of devices, including the successf

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