{"id":14385,"date":"2024-05-08T20:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-on-meta-platforms-leads-to-arrest-of-three-men\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:37:40","slug":"inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-on-meta-platforms-leads-to-arrest-of-three-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-on-meta-platforms-leads-to-arrest-of-three-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry into child sexual abuse on Meta platforms leads to arrest of three men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico attorney general highlights real-world consequences of online dangers prevalent on firm\u2019s Instagram and Facebook apps<\/p>\n<p>Three men have been arrested and charged with sexually preying on children via Meta\u2019s social networks in New Mexico, the state\u2019s attorney general announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests stemmed from an investigation into the potential harm to children caused by Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, codenamed \u201cOperation MetaPhile\u201d. Undercover agents posed as children, whom the three men solicited for<strong> <\/strong>sex, according to the criminal complaint. The sting operation is part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/dec\/07\/meta-platforms-are-marketplaces-for-child-predators-claims-lawsuit\">ongoing lawsuit<\/a> launched by Ra\u00fal Torrez\u2019s office in December that alleges Meta has allowed its social media platforms to become marketplaces for child predators.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/may\/08\/child-sexual-abuse-meta-arrests\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/023f05132c8678872a5eb0c16e0a3975493f3863\/0_111_2000_1200\/master\/2000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9aab54b989998a4838042bc58c59a3d6\" title=\"Inquiry into child sexual abuse on Meta platforms leads to arrest of three men\" \/>New Mexico attorney general highlights real-world consequences of online dangers prevalent on firm\u2019s Instagram and Facebook apps<br \/>\nThree men have been arrested and charged with sexually preying on children via Meta\u2019s social networks in New Mexico, the state\u2019s attorney general announced Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe arrests stemmed from an investigation into the potential harm to children caused by Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, codenamed \u201cOperation MetaPhile\u201d. Undercover agents posed as children, whom the three men solicited for sex, according to the criminal complaint. The sting operation is part of an ongoing lawsuit launched by Ra\u00fal Torrez\u2019s office in December that alleges Meta has allowed its social media platforms to become marketplaces for child predators. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico attorney general highlights real-world consequences of online dangers prevalent on firm\u2019s Instagram and Facebook apps Three men have been arrested and charged with sexually preying on children via Meta\u2019s social networks in New Mexico, the state\u2019s attorney general announced Wednesday. The arrests stemmed from an investigation into the potential harm to children caused &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-on-meta-platforms-leads-to-arrest-of-three-men\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Inquiry into child sexual abuse on Meta platforms leads to arrest of three men<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14385"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}