"I just think if you're serving billions of people, the unfortunate reality is that some very small percent of them are going to be criminals, and we should work as hard as we can to stop that activity from happening. I don't think that the standard for our platforms would be that you should assume that it will ever be perfect."
"We have strict, longstanding rules against child exploitation and have invested billions to fight it, both through proactive detection technology and safety features designed to prevent harm. No system can ever be perfect, and we've never claimed to be."
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri testified in depositions that some level of child harm is unavoidable when serving billions of users globally. New Mexico's attorney general alleges Meta prioritizes profits and engagement over child safety, claiming the company knowingly enabled predators to exploit children on Facebook and Instagram. Meta disputes these allegations, citing safety measures including teen accounts with default protections launched in 2024 and investments in detection technology. The trial, ongoing since early February with an expected seven-week duration, presents evidence including Meta employees' family members experiencing sexual solicitation on Instagram and company estimates from 2020 indicating 500,000 children received sexually inappropriate content.
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