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• 22 Nov 2023

  California v. Meta: Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief

  Court filing · 233 pp

  Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.

  [Complaint]: Instagram heavily emphasized content that promoted negative appearance comparison. Fashion and beauty, relationships, "[w]estern pop stars who emphasize their bodies," and images that "emphasize women's bodies generally (e.g., cleavage, swimwear)"…

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• 24 Oct 2023

  D.C. v. Meta: Complaint for Violations of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act

  Court filing · 63 pp

  Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.

  [Complaint]: Only one out of every fifty pieces of content is actually "age-appropriate nutritious, or the sort of content we would like to promote to teens."

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• 11 Aug 2023

  Email: [Heads Up] Bosnia murder live-streamed on IG

  Messages & email · 8 pp

  Rori ████: "[E]arlier today a man in Bosnia live-streamed the murder of a woman on IG and claimed to have murdered at least two other people, after which he reportedly took his own life… it is possible Meta may be criticised for the length of time the li…

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• 13 Apr 2023

  Email: Re: [] Top Reels Integrity Review for US Teens

  Messages & email · 2 pp

  "We wanted to share some (rather concerning) early data insights and next steps, as we looked into recommendability and media quality of US Teens' Top recommended Reels." "Anecdotal evidence indicates that Teens see higher levels of non-rec content. An ex-Met…

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• Nov 2021

  Instagram Reels Assurance Audit Report

  Research & report · 24 pp

  "Overall, while IG Reels has generally implemented the SOX controls required for ad products, several areas in content integrity and product features need significant improvements. IA identified 4 High risk, 20 Medium risk, and 3 Low risk observations during t…

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• 23 Feb 2021

  Integrity Update

  Presentation · 3 pp

  "[S223016] Mistakenly autoclosing VHS/EHS jobs (e.g. terrorism, suicide, child nudity), due to a logic mapping issue that was put in place in March as part of WFH response, affecting ~10% of all auto-close traffic (~415K jobs/week). Fix has shipped to 100% and…

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• 1 Feb 2019

  Email: Re: UK Market feedback and client sentiment following the BBC report and ten day of sustained negative coverage regarding the suicide of Molly Russell and SSI content on IG.

  Messages & email · 7 pp

  Steve Hatch: "TLDR: We have seen a slowdown in spend immediately following the BBC report though to date no major advertiser has pulled all spend or taken a negative public position.However we remain in a very delicate position. All advertisers we have spoken …

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• 26 Jan 2019

  Email: Urgent - Sunday Times splash - action needed

  Messages & email · 2 pp

  Monika Bickert: "Yes, the policies are that we allow cries for help (often called admission or ideation) but don't allow celebration or encouragement of self-harm. It's a tough but very important line to maintain so people can get help. As you likely know, we'…

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