Court documents filed in a lawsuit against Meta allege that the company failed to inform anyone of risks to young users on the platform and had a cavalier attitude about adults preying on minors.
The allegations add that Meta chose not to take steps to increase safety for young users, according to Time.
The brief, which contains the claims against Meta, was filed in the Northern District of California. It claimed Meta knew its products worsened teen mental health, while content concerning eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was often found but allegedly rarely taken down.
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In the brief, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, said that Meta, which she joined in 2020, had a lax policy in terms of “trafficking
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