0.45% of users predicted to be Youth and predicted to reside in the U.S. had Take a Break enabled on Instagram between January 8, 2023 and September 24, 2024.
"17X, by any measure across the industry, is a very, very high strike threshold. That means you could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended."
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
Specifically, with accounts clearly belonging to children, Meta has:
• Proactively served and directed them to a stream of egregious, sexually explicit images through recommended users and posts – even where the child has expressed no interest in this content;…
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Opposition]: In 2021, a renewed request to address "concerns about the impact of [Meta's] products on young people's mental health," was met with a Meta executive's acknowledgment that there was a "very low-likelihood that Mark chooses to fund more here."
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Complaint]: Even though "this is the kind of thing that pisses Apple off to the extent of threatening to remove us from the App Store," as of mid-2020, Meta had no timeline for "when we'll stop adults from messaging minors in IG Direct."
That remained true e…
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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Sources: published internal records, unsealed discovery exhibits and court filings in MDL 3047 and related litigation. An allegation in a filing is not an independently verified fact.