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Meta says harmful content rare on Instagram; N.M. jurors ask why teens still see it

By Maria Dinzeo ( March 18, 2026, 00:25 GMT | Insight) -- A Meta Platforms data scientist told a New Mexico jury that harmful content accounts for just 0.35 percent of what teens see on Instagram, but jurors and internal company documents raised questions about how often such material still surfaces.Content banned under Meta’s own rules, including sexually exploitative and child sexual abuse material, makes up 0.35 percent of what teens see on Instagram, Tomas Kabbabe, director of data science at Instagram, told a New Mexico jury Tuesday....

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