Meta, under Mark Zuckerberg's leadership, is under fire for its handling of child safety on Facebook and Instagram. Concerns range from questionable AI training practices, highlighted during the Q4/2023 earnings call on February 1st, to enabling child exploitation through new paid subscription tools. Investigations have revealed thousands of Instagram accounts run by parents of underage girls, attracting pedophiles. Despite Meta staff's warnings and suggestions to mitigate risks, the company has allegedly chosen profits over protecting children. Mark Zuckerberg, in efforts to avoid personal liability, is fighting against two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta of addicting children to its products. The FTC has been urged to investigate, and Senator Ted Cruz has spotlighted these issues during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Meta ignored reports of parents exploiting children; Zuckerberg fights personal liability in lawsuits https://t.co/Jg69xSf14L by @benlovejoy
Parents who manage their influencer children’s Instagram accounts say Meta has refused to take action on reports of sexualized messages being sent to their kids. https://t.co/YXzOE7Q89q
“While the images of the girls didn’t involve nudity or other illegal content, Meta’s staffers found evidence that some parents understood they were producing content for other adults’ sexual gratification. Sometimes parents engaged in sexual banter about their own children or… https://t.co/fZPIMlF3DD
Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta of addicting children to its products in a hearing today (@rachelagraf / Bloomberg) https://t.co/ZUFHAF5YbH 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/BtPV05VrLi
Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta and other social media companies of addicting children to their products https://t.co/c3l0yiHE7n
An investigation finds thousands of Instagram accounts of underage girls run by their parents attracting pedophiles, who sometimes pay to see more (New York Times) https://t.co/RnYuk4EVpg 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/iRWiVVEFIq
Meta staff warned that new paid subscription tools on Facebook and Instagram enabled child exploitation. They offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse. The company took another approach instead. https://t.co/ys4aZ9weyk https://t.co/ys4aZ9weyk
🚨 Meta's AI training practices are questionable, and the @FTC should investigate. Here's why: I start with a quote from Mark Zuckerberg during the Q4/2023 earnings call, which happened on February 1st: “On Facebook and Instagram there are hundreds of billions of publicly… https://t.co/LI8ErnVKQq
Big Tech has been crass and craven by putting dollars ahead of our children’s safety. Recently, I grilled Mark Zuckerberg in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. He couldn’t answer questions about how many pedophiles clicked on child porn when warning screens were prompted.… https://t.co/DhSe7tX8i9
So meta won’t be recommending anyone read the reports on Zuckerberg’s thrashing before Congress or the hundreds of pages of allegations in how his services knowingly harm children trading out integrity for corporate profits and sustained market power. https://t.co/tLSgtRjxb0