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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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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 194 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

meanwhile YouTube had a 3 strike policy for copyright claims that might not even be true

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 121 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah, but corporate profit margins are much more important than people

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Ha ha ha ha........ha..........

cries

[–] vas@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

... to google. (Not sure if it's generalizable to 95% of for-profit corporations by the legal definition of for-profit. But we know for sure about google.)

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 97 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck, even 3-strikes would be absurd for this...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

17 is an oddly specific number.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago

I have to believe Jerry, the exec who's bad at his job but the CEO likes him, has 16 strikes. One more strike, and the CEO will be forced to update the policy again.

[–] Kooper@feddit.org 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those kinds of people probably don't like anything the moment it turns 18

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Meta doesn't like it when they're legal

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

18 is too many ~~years~~ chances.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 weeks ago (10 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the title says only sex trafficking

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, 17 strikes you're out.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

You should look into the history of cricket

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks 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

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That seems like 17 strikes too many.

[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, they allowed 17 strikes without repercussions. We may never actually know how many strikes it would take to get suspended on the platform

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zero strikes and you're out!

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hurray, everyone is off the platform. Honestly, that would be for the best...

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I suggest a 1 strike policy.
Here's an example: use 1 supersonic heatseeking rocket to do a rocket strike on Zuckerberg (if he survives then use 1 more rocket until he is no longer breathing)

If successful then it could be a policy that's adopted to be used on other billionaires, muskyboy, tRUMP, etc etc.

It may not work but I say we should give it a go for about ten years to see what happens...

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

use 1 supersonic heatseeking rocket

Personally I'd go for the slap chop, aka R-9X, but I understand if you fancy heatseekers

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Promise me you won't be sending 15 year olds to your island next time, Epstein, or you will be banned if you do it again for the 16th time."

Although, seriously, this explains a lot why Trump admin and the oligarchs are sexual deviants.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think, more likely, they had a 3 strike rule. But he kept breaking it, so they increased it to 4. And again. And again.

And that's how we ended up at 16

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

So in reality they had an n + 1 strike policy. Brilliant.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Stop! Or I shall be forced to say stop another time!

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

I tried reporting a blatant kidnapping/pig butchering gang, and there literally wasn’t a category for it in their reporting mechanism. I picked the closest thing I could think of, and naturally the report just got ignored.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, one harmless meme and you're suspended. I don't get why people use Meta anymore. The site went to shit 20 years ago, and nobody seems to want to jump to another platform. For reasons unknown - there was no issue leaving MySpace for Facebook, so just fucking do it again.

[–] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Idk the only time I've seen Facebook dot com links is when my parents send me AI videos of animals. I'm trying to get them off of it but they are set in their ways, etc etc

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using it for news since Reddit fucking banned my ass

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Lol other places ban for the suspicious activity of .... being on a VPN

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How many strikes do they allow now?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

Infinite until there are actual consequences for the company.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me three times, shame on you. Fool me four times...

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Second only to the "meh" strike policy of raping kids the White House currently employs...

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

hey look who hasn't been busted doing the same wrong thing on the 15th time and thought, "man y'know what it's time to turn myself around..."

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 2 weeks ago

“We strongly disagree with these allegations, which rely on cherry-picked quotes and misinformed opinions in an attempt to present a deliberately misleading picture,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in an emailed statement to The Verge.

Press X for doubt.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wow it seems like corporations condone child abuse.

It really seems like we need some "proportionality laws" such as "a service provider cannot treat illegal activity with more lenience than civil disputes" and retain neutrality protections.

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No shit. You can pay me and I know how to get suspended accounts brought back. I did it with my 20 year old suspended account. Lost it for a year and figured out how to get it reviewed. Very happy to have everything back.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

/community

What the fuck

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago
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