Meta Fails to Escape New Mexico AG’s Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit

May 31, 2024, 3:27 PM UTC

Meta Platforms Inc. failed to quickly beat a sweeping lawsuit from the New Mexico attorney general claiming Instagram and Facebook connect sex predators with children.

Judge Bryan Biedscheid of the New Mexico First Judicial District Court denied Thursday Meta’s motion to dismiss, finding that the powerful tech industry immunity law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act doesn’t shield the company, according to the New Mexico Department of Justice.

New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez’s nearly 230-page complaint filed last December alleged Meta’s social media platforms enable adults to connect with children for sex, and allow users to trade ...

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