US senators seek Meta documents over platforms' alleged mental, physical harms

FILE PHOTO: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have asked Meta to "provide documents related to senior executives’ knowledge of the mental and physical health harms associated with its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram," they said in a statement released on Wednesday.

The members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter asked the social media giant's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to provide the documents by Nov. 30, the statement said.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan; writing Susan Heavey)