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Meta said Thursday that it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from “sextortion” scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters.
“This way, the recipient is not exposed to unwanted intimate content and has the choice to see the image or not,” Capucine Tuffier, in charge of child protection at Meta France, told AFP. Meta announced in January that it would roll out measures to protect under-18s on its platforms after dozens of US states launched legal action accusing the firm of profiting “from children’s pain.”Leaked internal research from Meta, reported by The Wall Street Journal and whistle-blower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook engineer, showed that the company was long aware of dangers its platforms had on the mental health of young people.
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