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Comment: New Mexico's solo strategy in Meta algorithm litigation on child sexual threats could impact bigger states

By Mike Swift ( June 7, 2024, 23:27 GMT | Comment) -- New Mexico elected to take a different tack last year than other states suing Meta Platforms over “addictive” algorithms, accusing Facebook and Instagram of becoming a “marketplace” for child sexual predators. After winning a key court ruling in Santa Fe in recent days, Attorney General Raúl Torrez discussed new evidence that Facebook and Instagram have become the world’s premier space for sexual predators to “hunt” children online. The attorney general is adding his voice to calls to change Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.New Mexico chose a different path in litigation against Meta Platforms than more than 40 other states, which sued last year over “addictive” social media algorithms, with New Mexico instead accusing Facebook and Instagram of harboring a “marketplace” for child sexual predators....

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