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Meta found liable in child exploitation case (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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... while they feign child protection to avoid costs

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[–] 0 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

The victims of child exploitation? Or the lawyers representing them? Or..? I’m not asking about vague general “save the children” stuff. I’m talking about this lawsuit and similar.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago*

    Not the person you were responding to, but IMO it's the defense attorneys / legal department working to ensure that the legal outcome is as beneficial to the corporations as possible, even if they "lose". In this case the fine is a cost of doing business, not nearly enough to actually discourage malfeasance and the legal/ PR pivot to blaming encryption rather than their algorithms is something they hope will tee them up to be able to do even more massive surveillance in the near future.

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