"Meta allegedly gave accounts engaged in the "trafficking of humans for sex" 16 chances before suspending them, according to testimony from the company's former head of safety and wellbeing, Vaishnavi Jayakumar. The testimony - along with several other claims that Meta ignored problems if they increased engagement - surfaced in an unredacted court filing related to a social media child safety lawsuit filed by school districts across the country."
"'That means that you could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,' Jayakumar said during her deposition. She added that this 'is a very high strike threshold' by 'any measure across the industry,' according to the lawsuit. Internal documentation also 'confirms' this policy, lawyers claim. As reported by Time, the unredacted filing reveals other disturbing accusations, including that Meta 'did not have a specific way' for Instagram users to report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the platform."
Meta allegedly gave accounts involved in trafficking humans for sex sixteen chances before suspending them, according to testimony from former head of safety and wellbeing Vaishnavi Jayakumar. The filing alleges that Meta tolerated repeated violations when they boosted engagement and that internal documentation corroborates a high strike threshold. The unredacted court filing emerged in a social media child safety lawsuit brought by school districts. The filing also alleges that Instagram lacked a specific mechanism for users to report child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and that other internal practices deprioritized safety in favor of engagement metrics.
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