November 14, 2024
Fb, Instagram promote minors’ accounts to baby predators, New Mexico alleges in lawsuit

New Mexico Lawyer Common Raúl Torrez (D) is suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over allegations the corporate’s platforms — Fb and Instagram — promoted underage accounts to purported baby predators.

The state lawyer common’s workplace says its undercover investigation discovered Meta allowed its platforms to “develop into a market for predators seeking youngsters upon whom they prey.” The investigation concerned creating decoy accounts pretending to be youngsters 14 years and youthful.

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