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Meta allegedly gave accounts engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex” 16 chances before suspending them, according to testimony from the company’s former head of safety and well-being, Vaishnavi Jayakumar. The testimony — along with several other claims that Meta ignored problems if they increased engagement — surfaced in an unredacted court filing related to a social media child safety lawsuit filed by school districts across the country.

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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm not defending the policy but the title doesn't match the story:

“That means that you could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,”

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait but that changes everything? Sex work doesn't automatically mean sex trafficking??

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, to me it's muddy waters. While some people look down on it, if an adult posts something that says free Saturday night, hit me up for a price... That's not anywhere near trafficking. But it is very much solicitation.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the title says only sex trafficking

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

It appears that the article and possibly the site is just ragebait bs.

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thats why baseball games in the 1800s were much longer.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

You should look into the history of cricket

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

I mean, it IS The Verge. They could be so inept that they just forgot to include anything relating to the title in their story