[HN Gopher] Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exp...
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       Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on
       its platforms
        
       Author : billfor
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2026-03-24 21:54 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cnn.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnn.com)
        
       | paxys wrote:
       | Happy to see it, but if a fine is the only consequence then
       | they're going to go back to doing the exact same thing tomorrow.
        
       | Aurornis wrote:
       | Many will cheer for any case that hurts Meta without reading the
       | details, but we should be aware that these cases are one of the
       | key reasons why companies are backtracking from features like
       | end-to-end encryption:
       | 
       | > The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to
       | use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats -- a privacy measure
       | that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a
       | conversation -- could make it harder for law enforcement to catch
       | predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop
       | supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this
       | year.
       | 
       | The New York case has explicitly gone after their support of end-
       | to-end encryption as a target:
       | https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-executive-warn...
        
       | johnea wrote:
       | Another poster child for Meta's lobbying (bribery) to encourage
       | OS level age verification. (numerous recent references in HN
       | posts)
       | 
       | They very much want to push this liability off onto someone
       | else...
       | 
       | As far as end-to-end encryption, on SM sites (social media or
       | SadoMasochism, however you want to read it) I don't really see
       | the need.
        
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