"A significant new court filing claims Facebook and Instagram owner Meta had a 17x policy allowing sex traffickers to post content related to sexual solicitation or prostitution 16 times before their accounts were suspended on the 17th strike. The allegation is one of many in the filing claiming Meta chose profit and user engagement over the safety and well-being of children."
"The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, and a court order requiring the companies stop alleged harmful conduct and warn minor users and parents that their products are addictive and dangerous. The new filing also claims Meta's outright lies about its products' harms prevented even the most vigilant administrators, teachers, parents, and students from understanding and heading off the dangers inherent to Instagram and Facebook."
Plaintiffs allege Meta maintained a '17x' policy permitting sex traffickers to post sexual solicitation or prostitution content 16 times before accounts were suspended on the 17th strike. Plaintiffs accuse Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok of prioritizing profit and user engagement over child safety and of intentionally addicting children to harmful products. Plaintiffs include children, parents, school districts and states, including California. Plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and a court order to stop alleged harmful conduct and require warnings to minors and parents about addictiveness and danger. Meta denied the accusations, calling them cherry-picked and misleading.
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