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Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico's top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators

New Mexico’s top prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children. The arrests are the result of a monthslong undercover operation in which the suspects connected with decoy accounts that were set up by the state Department of Justice. The investigation began in December …

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Senate mulls TikTok ban as Trump-Zuckerberg battle brews in background

As the Senate mulls a TikTok ban, the real fight could turn out to be between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Trump is not in favor of a House bill that would ban TikTok if the platform is not sold to a company without ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The position is a shift …

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Instagram users fume as app begins limiting political content

While Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg pumped big bucks into the 2020 presidential election to help people get out and vote, his company has begun restricting Instagram users’ access to political information in their feeds ahead of November’s election. Instagram appears to have changed users’ algorithm settings to the default position of limiting political content – and users have been furiously …

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