Newly unredacted documents reveal Meta's historical reluctance to keep children safe

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Newly unredacted documents reveal Meta's historical reluctance to keep children safe
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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. The documents reveal that Meta was aware of issues such as adult strangers contacting children on Instagram and the sexualization of minors on the platform.

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.

In the passages freshly unredacted from the lawsuit Wednesday, internal employee messages and presentations from 2020 and 2021 show Meta was aware of issues such as adult strangers being able to contact children on Instagram, the sexualization of minors on that platform, and the dangers of its “people you may know” feature that recommends connections between adults and children

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