{"id":1969791,"date":"2023-07-11T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-official-calls-on-mark-zuckerberg-to-stop-public-safety-threat-occurring-on-facebook\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:01:04","slug":"top-official-calls-on-mark-zuckerberg-to-stop-public-safety-threat-occurring-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-official-calls-on-mark-zuckerberg-to-stop-public-safety-threat-occurring-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Top official urges Zuckerberg to halt Facebook&#8217;s &#8216;public safety threat&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-official-calls-on-mark-zuckerberg-to-stop-public-safety-threat-occurring-on-facebook%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Florida Attorney General Demands Explanation from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg provide an explanation to the alleged high volume of human trafficking across Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms, after a report revealed that children are being exploited via Zuckerberg\u2019s platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore launching new products or wasting time preparing for a cage match that will likely never happen, Zuckerberg should be working to make Meta\u2019s existing platforms safer for users and to prevent vulnerable people from being forced into illicit sex work,\u201d Mrs. Moody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridalegal.com\/newsrelease\/attorney-general-moody-calls-meta-ceo-zuckerberg-florida-testify-about-use-meta\">wrote<\/a> in a news release this week, apparently referring to a possible MMA fight between Mr. Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican official cited what she described as major findings from a Florida-wide survey with state agencies that found 146 of 271 reported instances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-official-calls-on-mark-zuckerberg-to-stop-public-safety-threat-occurring-on-facebook\/\" title=\"Top official urges Zuckerberg to halt Facebook's 'public safety threat'.\">social media-driven human trafficking incidents occurred<\/a> on Zuckerberg-run platforms. That includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. Meta\u2019s new platform, Threads, which was recently launched as a Twitter competitor, was not yet included.<\/p>\n<p>The Meta CEO \u201cneeds to immediately turn his attention to this public safety threat and testify to our council about what Meta is doing to prevent its platforms from being used to assist, facilitate or support human trafficking,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-gov-cuomo-grants-state-ags-request-to-conduct-independent-probe-into-sexual-harassment-allegations\/\" title=\"N.Y. Gov. Cuomo grants state AG\u2019s request to conduct independent probe into sexual harassment allegations\">attorney general added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And between 2019 and 2022, Facebook was allegedly the top platform used in the recruitment of human trafficking victims, said a 2022 report (<a href=\"https:\/\/traffickinginstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2022-Federal-Human-Trafficking-Report-WEB-Spreads_compressed.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) on the topic. The report found that about 53 percent of traffickers use the internet to solicit potential buyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-to-ban-parler-over-lack-of-content-moderation\/\" title=\"Big tech to ban Parler over lack of content moderation\">major social media sites<\/a> self-reported increases in suspected child sexual abuse materials, including child sex trafficking incidences. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children\u2019s 2022 CyberTipline Reports by Electronic Service Providers, more than 27 million, or 85%, of the incidents reported were from Meta platforms,\u201d said Mrs. Moody\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Mr. Zuckerberg, Meta\u2019s billionaire co-founder and chief executive, admitted to Congress that child exploitation was \u201cone of the most serious threats that we focus on.\u201d At the time, he added that Facebook works to \u201cbuild sophisticated systems to find this behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, internal Facebook documents that were published online revealed that company executives knew the social media giant had a human trafficking problem but were struggling to crack down on the phenomenon known as domestic servitude that appears to be common in Arabic-speaking countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile our previous efforts are a start to addressing the off-platform harm that results from domestic servitude, opportunities remain to improve prevention, detection, and enforcement,\u201d the document said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/25\/tech\/facebook-instagram-app-store-ban-human-trafficking\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In her Tuesday letter, Mrs. Moody requested a response from Zuckerberg by Sept. 5. Neither Mr. Zuckerberg nor Meta have issued public responses to her letter.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has contacted Meta Platforms for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4144896\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/12\/08\/IMG_0428-1200x897-1200x897.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/12\/08\/IMG_0428-1200x897-1200x897.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks at a press conference in Brandon, Fla. Nov. 18, 2021 (Jann Falkenstern, The Epoch Times)\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>Lawsuit Filed<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier in 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Meta and Zuckerberg for allegedly failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said that several<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>never happen, Zuckerberg needs to address the serious issue of human trafficking on his platforms,\u201d Moody stated. The report highlighted instances where traffickers used Facebook and Instagram to recruit victims and facilitate illegal activities. Moody emphasized the urgency of protecting vulnerable individuals and urged Zuckerberg to take immediate action to combat this disturbing trend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1969792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}