Former Meta Engineer Says Zuckerberg Prioritized Growth Over Child Safety, Testifies at Trial A former Meta Platforms engineering director testified Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram, according to court proceedings. Arturo Béjar, the states’ first witness, said the company’s top-down structure meant product design changes moved only when Zuckerberg ordered them. “If Mark makes something a priority, mountains move in months,” Béjar said. The trial opened Tuesday in U.S. District Court before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers and is expected to last six weeks, according…

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