Core Viewpoint - Meta is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from two families whose sons committed suicide after being victims of sextortion schemes on Instagram, alleging that the company failed to implement adequate safety measures to protect teenagers [1]. Group 1: Allegations Against Meta - The families argue that Meta did not take necessary actions to protect victims of sextortion, despite having the capability and recommendations from trust and safety officials to implement protective measures [4][6]. - Meta allegedly prioritized profit over the safety of young users, making a conscious decision to ignore safety recommendations from its trust and safety personnel [4][6]. - Internal documents reportedly indicate that Meta was aware of the risks associated with sextortion and failed to warn parents or implement safety measures to protect vulnerable teenagers [5][6]. Group 2: Meta's Response and Actions - Meta has publicly condemned sextortion as a horrific crime and claims to support law enforcement in prosecuting offenders [2]. - In 2021, Meta announced restrictions on direct messages from strangers to young users, but this technology was reportedly ineffective 50% of the time [7][8]. - The company has not adequately informed parents about the risks their children face online, which could have led to more protective measures being taken by families [9][10].

We have two families thousands of miles apart, one in Pennsylvania, one in Scotland, joining together for this lawsuit against Meta. Tell me about what's going on here. What happened with these families.>> So, each of these families suffered uh a terrible tragedy where a teen boy died by suicide both within the past two years and uh under very similar circumstances. And this is a a tragedy that's becoming much more common uh across the country and around the world known as extortion where teen boys in parti ...

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It turned into, well, if you don't send me more, I'm going to send these ones that you sent to me to your friend group. >> A middle school student at the center of a sextor investigation arrested and charged with three child pornography related felonies. Police say the investigation started in February after students told a school resource officer they were being coerced online.So far, a half dozen victims have come forward, but investigators believe there could be hundreds of additional victims. >> There w ...

RT Thomas Brewster (@iblametom)New in The Wiretap:Sextortion takes another child's life.In this case, within an hour of making contact with the scammer on TikTok, the victim was dead.A life for $100 he couldn't afford.Unfathomable, unacceptable this is still happening.https://t.co/N5csqgem7v ...