SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta underscore the company's “historical reluctance” to keep children safe on its platforms, the complaint says.
Child safety is an explicit non-goal this half” (likely meaning half-year), according to the lawsuit.
A March 2021 child safety presentation noted that Meta is “underinvested in minor sexualization on (Instagram), notable on sexualized comments on content posted by minors.
Last week, the company announced it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with the CEOs of Snap, Discord, TikTok and X, formerly Twitter, are scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate on child safety at the end of January.
Persons:
Raúl Torrez, Meta, Meta “, ”, Instagram, ” Instagram, Arturo Béjar, “, it’s, Mark Zuckerberg
Organizations:
FRANCISCO, Meta, Facebook, Apple, ”, National Center for, U.S . Senate
Locations:
New, —, Instagram, Menlo Park , California