Meta employees hesitated to commission a study on bullying for fear they would discover children under 13 were being bullied

PLAINTIFFS’ CHARACTERIZATION

In 2018, Meta employees considered commissioning a study on bullying on Instagram. Instagram's director for communication regarding well-being and community initiatives, Fiona Brown, expressed concern that the study's survey would go to children under the age of 13 and that Meta would learn children under the age of 13 were being bullied on Instagram.

Unnamed employee, as quoted by plaintiffs

Source: Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief, California v. Meta