Why do we call this company "Meta"? It's the same old "Facebook".
Given that they just shuttered their "metaverse", I'm guessing we won't have to for much longer...
Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
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Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#322This fine from New Mexico is about 0.6% of Meta's annual profit. If all 50 states sue at the same rate, that'll be a 30% dent, and I'm sure states can sue for more than 0.6% too. That would be historic action against malfeasance and would send a strong FAFO single to all corporates. Let's lobby for it.
Why stopped at the 50 states? Loop in the rest of the world
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#323Meta can do more and should do more. I think that's the short of it. The company made 59 Billion last year. It's completely reasonable to expect that they expend effort and budget on reducing their harm to children.
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#324Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google play store still works fine in the UK, so idk.
Just wait and see couple of months
im not aware of any law that went through parliament that directly impacts installing apps. OSA has already hit and didn't impact app stores. Can you link me the relevant legislation or hansard debates?
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#325Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the sense that calling it E2EE gives people a warm fuzzy feeling and makes people send more sensitive information over the platform. Has anyone actually audited it?
Probably their auditors? Lying about this would be tantamount to (very serious) securities fraud. Not sure what you're basing on your allegations on besides "trust me bro"
Why would lying about having E2EE be securities (as in stock market) fraud? Would that make any lie ever told by a corporation equate to stock market fraud?
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#326Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta has a way to read your E2EE messages. I don't know what it is, but if they didn't then they wouldn't do it. There's a difference between E2EE between friends who want to remain secure, and E2EE between strangers in an attempt for the platform to avoid legal liability for spam.
for an account 41 days old you participate in a lot of controversial topic threads.
Please see the posting guidelines.
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#327the fine is 0.6% of last year's profit. the lobbying budget probably costs more.
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#328If Meta did advertise the "safety of its platforms for young users" then they should be held accountable for that. It seems clear from the whistleblowers that Meta had internal data that they knew they were not safe for young users, but Zuck gotta get those ads($$$) in front of young kids.
Modern cigarette companies
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#329Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably their auditors? Lying about this would be tantamount to (very serious) securities fraud. Not sure what you're basing on your allegations on besides "trust me bro"
Why would lying about having E2EE be securities (as in stock market) fraud? Would that make any lie ever told by a corporation equate to stock market fraud?
Yes! As Matt Levine says, “everything is securities fraud”
Re: Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
#330Maybe I'm just getting old and cynical but, while I think current social media is bad for children, I'm very suspicious of the current international agreement that it's time to take action, especially with all the ID verification coming from multiple avenues
Meta spent $2bn lobbying for this ID verification stuff: