billfor3d ago

Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms

A jury on Tuesday found Meta violated New Mexico law in a case accusing it of failing to warn users about the dangers of its platforms and protect children from sexual predators.

CNN
Show threadjohnea3d ago

Another poster child for Meta's lobbying (bribery) to encourage OS level age verification. (numerous recent references in HN posts)

They very much want to push this liability off onto someone else...

As far as end-to-end encryption, on SM sites (social media or SadoMasochism, however you want to read it) I don't really see the need.

Show threadkstrauser

You were downvoted, but right. Meta wants to be able to say, "hey, the OS said she was 18!" and not get in trouble for it.

Online child exploitation should be a strict liability offense.

Mar 24 at 11:02pmWeb
Show threadidle_zealot3d ago
How does this apply to, say, Signal?
Show threadgzread3d ago
That's why Signal requires a phone number. You can't talk to people you don't know because complete strangers don't give you their phone number. And if you do spam random numbers, they'll report you to the police and you can be tracked down based on your identifier, which still doesn't leak the chats between you and people you actually know.
Show threadgnabgib3d ago
No.. it doesn't. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/signal-identifiers/
Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers

We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.

Freedom of the Press
Show threadterminalshort3d ago
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