No. of Recommendations: 5
Meta knew that accounts of known pedos were having inappropriate chats with kids and they further knew that their models were promoting this stuff. They at any time could have applied any and all of the throttling techniques they have available to them to slow the spread. Or, demonetized it altogether. They made a conscious choice to profit off of shady parents exploiting their kids.
Do you think they should have the power to censor those parents, though? The arguments being made in support of the Texas law (and to a lesser extent the Florida law) are to the effect that the big social media companies are common carriers - that they should not be allowed to pick and choose their content. Should Meta or Instagram have the right to banish content just because they feel it's harmful, even though it's perfectly legal?
