nixCraft 🐧2d ago

Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql75dn07n2o

A jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators.

This is the same company behind age verification lobbying effort to protect child but in reality it is the biggest offender out there. How ironic?

Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety

The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.

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@nixCraft The whole point of age verification for companies like Meta is that they get to add state certified identity data to the user profiles they sell. That's all. This is just about pumping more data out of the users and selling ads for more money since the user profiles will be more valuable.

It's honestly despicable trying to cover that with the fig leaf of child safety.

Mar 25 at 12:39pmWeb