Social Media Victims Law Center Lawsuit Alleges Meta Prioritized Engagement Over Child Safety in Instagram Sextortion Deaths

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Social Media Victims Law Center, a legal advocacy organization supporting families harmed by predatory tech, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Instagram over the sextortion-related suicides of 16yearold M.D. from Dunblane, Scotland, and 13yearold L.M. from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who died two days after opening his Instagram account. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, alleges that newly unsealed filings ...