coordinated legal actions<\/a> against Meta by 42 other attorneys general in October. Those actions alleged that Facebook and Instagram directly targeted and were addictive to children and teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNew Mexico\u2019s suit, by contrast, alleges Meta and Zuckerberg violated the state\u2019s Unfair Practice Act. The four-count suit alleges that the company and Zuckerberg engaged in \u201cunfair trade practices\u201d by facilitating the distribution of CSAM and the trafficking of minors, and undermined the health and safety of New Mexican children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lawsuit argues that Meta\u2019s algorithms allegedly promote sex and exploitation content to users and that Facebook and Instagram lack \u201ceffective\u201d age verification. The suit also alleges that the company failed to identify child sexual exploitation \u201cnetworks\u201d and to fully prevent users it had suspended for those violations from rejoining the platform using new accounts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn one month alone, we disabled more than half a million accounts for violating our child safety policies,\u201d a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr. Zuckerberg and other Meta executives are aware of the serious harm their products can pose to young users, and yet they have failed to make sufficient changes to their platforms that would prevent the sexual exploitation of children,\u201d Torres said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Mexico seeks civil penalties and for Meta to implement effective age verification, improve its detection and removal systems for CSAM, and address the alleged functionalities that \u201camplify\u201d CSAM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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