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Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public
time ^ | Nov 22 | time

Posted on 11/22/2025 6:29:34 PM PST by RandFan

Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated, according to a court filing unsealed Friday.

In a plaintiffs’ brief filed as part of a major lawsuit against four social media companies, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn that the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that reportedly engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”

“You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,” Jayakumar reportedly testified, adding that “by any measure across the industry, [it was] a very, very high strike threshold.” The plaintiffs claim that this testimony is corroborated by internal company documentation.

The brief, filed by plaintiffs in the Northern District of California, alleges that Meta was aware of serious harms on its platform and engaged in a broad pattern of deceit to downplay risks to young users. According to the brief, Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed. According to the brief, the company failed to disclose these harms to the public or to Congress, and refused to implement safety fixes that could have protected young users.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: crime; facebook; meta; socialmedia

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Fascinating and sordid insights.
1 posted on 11/22/2025 6:29:34 PM PST by RandFan
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This pertains to: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp


2 posted on 11/22/2025 6:30:23 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Zuckerberg should be in prison for myriad offenses. Electioneering for starters. Our DoJ is afraid of their own shadow. Pussies. The guy friggen admitted it and they said ok.


3 posted on 11/22/2025 7:12:04 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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They changed their tune on that only because Trump won the election


4 posted on 11/23/2025 5:03:21 AM PST by RandFan
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