Teen Sex Trafficking Victims Gain Victory in Legal Action Against Facebook
By Jeff Charles | Jun 26, 2021 6:00 PM ET
A recent ruling in a lawsuit against Facebook may have established a milestone in the effort to hold social media companies accountable for illicit content and sex trafficking on their platforms. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook can be held liable for the conduct of sex traffickers who use its social media site to prey on children.
The Houston Chronicle reported:
The ruling came in a trio of Houston civil actions involving teenage trafficking victims who met their abusive pimps through Facebook’s messaging functions. They sued the California-based social media juggernaut for negligence and product liability, saying that Facebook failed to warn about or attempt to prevent sex trafficking from taking place on its internet platforms. The suits also alleged that Facebook benefited from the sexual exploitation of trafficking victims.
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