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#antitrust

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Meta did have more work to do on “child grooming,” as we saw in a June 2019 deck titled, “Inappropriate Interactions with Children on Instagram.” An early page called out that “IG recommended a minor through top suggested to an account engaged in groomer-esque behavior.” Grooming refers generally to the tactics a child predator might use to gain trust with potential victims to sexually abuse them. Subsequent pages gave some broader data: “27% of all follow recommendations to groomers were minors.” There’s a lot we don’t know about this statement: how did Meta track accounts that were “groomers” or “engaged in groomer-esque behavior”? And why were those accounts allowed at all? How did they generate that statistic? And it’s important to caveat as well that perhaps Meta didn’t know that any potential groomers were actual criminals. But by any measure, the headline is troubling.

There was more data than that. 33% of Instagram comments reported to Meta as inappropriate were reported by minors, the deck said of a three-month period. Of the comments reported by minors, more than half were left by an adult. “Overall IG: 7% of all follow recommendations to adults were minors,” the deck concluded.

The presentation also noted that during a “3-month period”—presumably in 2019—2 million minors were recommended by Instagram’s algorithm for groomers to follow. 22% of those recommendations resulted in a follow request from a groomer to a minor. Doing some back of the envelope math, that’s approximately 440,000 minors over just a three-month period who received a follow request from someone Meta labeled as a “groomer.” That number is shocking even before being annualized."

bigtechontrial.com/p/instagram

Big Tech on Trial · Instagram's Algorithm Recommended Minors to Putative PedophilesBy Brendan Benedict
#SocialMedia#USA#Meta
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Y Combinator's Bold Stance Against Google's Monopolistic Practices: A Call for Change in AI Development

Y Combinator has taken a significant step by filing an amicus brief against Google, accusing the tech giant of monopolistic behavior that stifles innovation in the startup ecosystem. As the battle for...

news.lavx.hu/article/y-combina

Y Combinator's Bold Stance Against Google's Monopolistic Practices: A Call for Change in AI Development
#news#tech#AIStartups
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James House-Lantto (He/Him)

theverge.com/antitrust/665308/

#Meta has traditionally operated in the market for personal social networking (PSN) services that connect users with friends and family.

The #FTC alleges that Meta’s acquisitions of #Instagram and #WhatsApp were intended to eliminate competition in this space.

According to the FTC, few alternatives—such as #Snapchat and #MeWe—can meet users' needs.

The case’s outcome could decide whether Meta unlawfully monopolized the PSN market.

Justice statue with the Whatsapp, Instagram, and Meta logos.
The Verge · Why one obscure app could help crumble Meta’s empireBy Lauren Feiner
#Antitrust#Legal
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