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News India Live, Digital Desk: Another sensational revelation has come to light in a big legal case going on against Meta. According to documents presented during the ongoing trial in New Mexico, one of the Meta Internal Survey It has come to light that underage teenagers (teens) faces massive amounts of obscene and unwanted content. This report has become public at a time when the company is already facing many serious lawsuits regarding the safety of children.
Main and surprising figures of the survey
According to this internal data from Meta, teens’ experience on Instagram has been largely unsafe:
19% of teens claim: The survey included approximately 19% young teenagers Said that he has seen ‘unwanted nude or sexual pictures’ on Instagram.
1 in every 5 children: According to statistics, 1 out of every 5 teenagers present on the platform is becoming a victim of such objectionable content.
Daily Harassment: Another report estimated that approximately 1 lakh minors receive images of adults’ genitals or other sexual content in their direct messages (DMs) on a daily basis.
What is the whole matter?
This was disclosed by the Attorney General of New Mexico. Raul Torrez This happened during the lawsuit filed by.
Benefits vs Safety: The lawsuit alleges that Meta was aware of this problem since 2020-21, but the company gave priority to ‘growth’ and ‘profit’ instead of stopping it.
Predators’ Den: The court filing claims that Instagram features inadvertently help ‘predators’ find children and send them messages.
Encryption controversy: The documents also revealed that Meta posted messages on Messenger and Instagram. End-to-end encryption The decision was taken after their own officials warned that it would make it 65% more difficult to detect crimes against children.
Meta cleanup and steps taken
Amidst this controversy, Meta has announced some security features from its side:
Nudity Blur Feature: Instagram now automatically ‘blurs’ photos that contain nudity, especially for users under 18.
Ban on stranger messages: It is now more difficult than ever for unknown adults to send messages to teenagers.
advice for parents
If kids in your house also use Instagram, check these safety settings immediately:
Sensitive Content Control: Set it to ‘Less’.
Message Requests: Allow sending messages only to people the child follows.
Supervision Tools: Use Instagram’s ‘Parental Supervision’ tool to see who your child is following.
