{"id":2555731,"date":"2026-01-28T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disastrous-court-docs-show-zuckerberg-knowingly-drove-forward-ai-that-sexualizes-minors-and-creates-under-18-romantic-ais-for-adults-according-to-safety-staff-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:18:26","slug":"disastrous-court-docs-show-zuckerberg-knowingly-drove-forward-ai-that-sexualizes-minors-and-creates-under-18-romantic-ais-for-adults-according-to-safety-staff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disastrous-court-docs-show-zuckerberg-knowingly-drove-forward-ai-that-sexualizes-minors-and-creates-under-18-romantic-ais-for-adults-according-to-safety-staff-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Disastrous Court Docs Show Zuckerberg Knowingly Drove Forward AI That &#8216;Sexualizes Minors&#8217; and &#8216;Creates [Under 18] Romantic AIs for Adults&#8217; According to Safety Staff"},"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\">48<\/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%2Fdisastrous-court-docs-show-zuckerberg-knowingly-drove-forward-ai-that-sexualizes-minors-and-creates-under-18-romantic-ais-for-adults-according-to-safety-staff-2%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=2555731&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--><p>Court documents in a lawsuit brought by New mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg drove company policy allowing minors to access AI chatbots that safety staff warned could lead to sexually exploitative interactions. The filings \u2014 citing internal messages from Meta employees (though not direct messages from Zuckerberg) \u2014 say safety teams urged guardrails and parental controls, but Zuckerberg favored a less restrictive approach framed around choice and non\u2011censorship and allowed racier adult conversations. Internal warnings from executives including Ravi Sinha and Antigone Davis expressed concern about chatbots creating romantic or sexualized scenarios involving under\u201118s; other employees and former policy chief Nick Clegg also raised objections. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta\u2019s chatbots had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disastrous-court-docs-show-zuckerberg-knowingly-drove-forward-ai-that-sexualizes-minors-and-creates-under-18-romantic-ais-for-adults-according-to-safety-staff\/\" title=\"Disastrous Court Docs Show ... Knowingly Drove Forward AI That &#039;...&#039; and &#039;Creates[Under 18]Romantic AIs for ...&#039; According to Safety Staff\">included overtly sexualized underage characters<\/a> and all\u2011ages sexual roleplay. Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the attorney general cherry\u2011picked documents; advocacy groups like Common Sense Media have called Meta AI an unacceptable risk to teen safety and urged a complete rebuild with child safety as a foundation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Court documents that include messages from Meta employees claim that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the driving force behind company policy that gave minors access to AI chatbots that could drag children into a rabbit hole of sexual content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The documents are part of a lawsuit brought against Meta by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-blocked-curbs-sex-talking-chatbots-minors-court-filing-2026-01-27\/?taid=6979c7e1f9209e0001f92ce7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lawsuit says Meta &ldquo;failed to stem the tide of damaging sexual material and sexual propositions delivered to children&rdquo; on and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Meta, driven by Zuckerberg, rejected the recommendations of its integrity staff and declined to impose reasonable guardrails to prevent children from being subject to sexually exploitative conversations with its AI chatbots,&rdquo; the filing said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state filing included messages from several Meta employees, but not from Zuckerberg directly.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their comments, safety staff worried that the chatbots could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epstein-files-operations-mirror-honeypot-traps-often-set-up-by-intel-agencies\/\" title=\"Epstein Files: Intel Agencies Employ Similar &#039;Honeypot Traps\">develop sexual<\/a> and romantic interactions with any user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta spokesman Andy Stone downplayed the filing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is yet another example of the New Mexico Attorney General cherry-picking documents to paint a flawed and inaccurate picture,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messages in the filing showed safety staff were worried the chatbots could develop problematic scenarios between adults and minors, called &ldquo;U18s,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/27\/meta-lawsuit-minors-chatbots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe that creating and marketing a product that creates U18 romantic AI&rsquo;s for adults is advisable or defensible,&rdquo; Ravi Sinha, head of Meta&rsquo;s child safety policy, wrote in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antigone Davis, Meta&rsquo;s global safety head, called for blocking adults from creating underage romantic companions because &ldquo;it sexualizes minors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A summary of a Feb. 24, 2024, meeting said that Zuckerberg believed the &ldquo;narrative should be framed around&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-reintroduce-bill-to-abolish-qualified-immunity-for-police\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Abolish Qualified Immunity for Police\">general principles<\/a> of choice and non-censorship,&rdquo; that Meta should be &ldquo;less restrictive than proposed,&rdquo; and that he would &ldquo;allow adults to engage in racier conversation on topics like sex,&rdquo; Reuters wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A March 2024  exchange between employees reads, &ldquo;We &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-managers-deliver-scathing-attacks-on-president-trump-despite-history-of-dem-hypocrisies\/\" title=\"Impeachment managers deliver scathing attacks on President Trump despite history of Dem hypocrisies\">pushed hard<\/a> for parental controls to turn GenAI off &mdash; but GenAI leadership pushed back stating Mark decision,&rsquo; one employee wrote in that exchange,&rdquo; Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Clegg, Meta&rsquo;s head of global policy until early 2025, framed his opposition to the policy at one point by writing, &ldquo;Is that really what we want these products to be known for (never mind the inevitable societal backlash which would ensue)?&rdquo; according to the documents..<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its report, Reuters noted that &ldquo;a Wall Street Journal article in April 2025 found that Meta&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chatbots included overtly sexualized underage characters<\/a> and that they engaged in all-ages sexual roleplay, including graphic descriptions of prepubescent bodies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meta&rsquo;s chatbots have come under fire before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Meta AI in its current form, and on any of its current platforms (standalone app, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook), represents an unacceptable risk to teen safety,&rdquo; according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/ai-ratings\/meta-ai-risk-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CommonSenseMedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Its utter failure to protect minors, combined with its active participation in planning dangerous activities, makes it unsuitable for teen use under any circumstances.&nbsp;This is not a system that needs improvement. 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