Facebook, Instagram ‘breeding ground’ for child predators

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Date: 2023-12-08
Facebook, Instagram ‘breeding ground’ for child predators

Facebook and Instagram have become a "breeding ground" for child predators targeting children for human trafficking, grooming and solicitation, and certain child exploitative content is over "10 times more prevalent on Facebook and Instagram than it is on Pornhub and OnlyFans", a lawsuit in the US has claimed. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed the lawsuit against Meta Platforms and its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to protect children from sexual abuse and human trafficking. "Our investigation into Meta’s social media platforms demonstrates that they are not safe spaces for children but rather prime locations for predators to trade child pornography and solicit minors for sex," said Attorney General Torrez in a press statement. Over the past few months, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office carried out an undercover investigation of Meta’s platforms, creating decoy accounts of children 14-years and younger.

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