<p><strong>一份新的法庭文件显示，性交易在 Meta 平台上难以报告且被广泛容忍。根据周五解封的文件，这起诉讼是针对四家社交媒体公司的更大诉讼的一部分。</strong></p>
<p>在原告的简报中，Instagram 的安全与福祉负责人 Vaishnavi Jayakumar 作证称，当她在 2020 年加入 Meta 时，她了解到公司对进行性交易的人类账户有 17 次违规政策。这意味着用户可以在 16 次违规后继续使用，只有在第 17 次违规时才会被暂停账户。她补充道：“在整个行业中，这个违规阈值是非常非常高的。”</p>
<h3>Meta 被指责淡化对儿童的风险并误导公众</h3>
<p>针对 Meta 的指控源于一份在前所未有的多地区诉讼中提交的简报。超过 1800 名原告，包括儿童、父母、学区和州检察长，联合提起了诉讼。诉讼声称，TikTok、Snapchat 和 YouTube 背后的母公司 “无情地追求不惜一切代价的增长策略，鲁莽地忽视了其产品对儿童心理和身体健康的影响。”</p>
<p>根据原告在加利福尼亚北区提交的简报，Meta 被指控意识到其平台上存在严重危害，并采取了一系列欺骗行为来淡化对年轻用户的风险。这些平台声称，内部公司文件可以证实这些证词。此外，原告声称 Meta 知道数百万成年人在其平台上与未成年人联系。</p>
<p>原告还声称，Meta 意识到其产品增加了青少年的心理健康问题，涉及饮食失调、自杀和儿童性虐待的内容经常被检测到，但几乎没有被删除。简报还指出，公司未向公众或国会披露这些危害，并拒绝实施安全修复措施以保护年轻用户免受这些危害的影响。</p>
<p>“Meta 设计了社交媒体产品和平台，他们知道这些产品对孩子们具有上瘾性，并且他们意识到这些上瘾会导致一系列严重的心理健康问题，” 案件的原告共同首席律师 Previn Warren 表示。“就像烟草一样，这是一种危险产品被推向儿童的情况，” Warren 补充道。“他们还是这样做了，因为更多的使用意味着公司更多的利润。”</p>
<h3>简报描绘了公司内部结构的糟糕状况</h3>
<p>原告的简报首次由 TIME 报道，基于现任和前任 Meta 高管的宣誓证词、内部通讯以及在发现过程中获得的公司研究和演示材料。它包含了数千页证词和内部公司文件中的多个引用和专家意见。由于这些材料被封存，TIME 在当时无法查看简报中引用的证词或研究。</p>
<p>然而，简报仍然描绘了公司内部研究和关于自 2017 年以来影响其平台的问题的糟糕状况。原告指出，自 2017 年以来，Meta 一直在吸引年轻用户，尽管其内部研究表明其社交媒体产品可能对儿童具有上瘾性和危险性。根据简报，Meta 员工提出了减少这些危害的方法，但常常被高管阻止。</p>
<p>与此同时，在诉讼提起后的几年里，Meta 实施了新的安全功能，旨在解决原告所描述的一些问题。去年，该公司推出了 Instagram 青少年账户，默认将用户账户设置为私密，前提是他们年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间。此外，它限制敏感内容，夜间关闭通知，并禁止与不相关的成年人进行沟通。</p>
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<p>一份法庭文件指控 Meta 误导公众关于儿童风险的信息，揭示其平台上容忍性交易。该诉讼涉及超过 1800 名原告，声称 Meta 忽视了对年轻用户的伤害，并未披露诸如心理健康影响和与未成年人接触等问题。尽管内部研究表明存在危险，Meta 仍优先考虑增长。最近实施了一些安全功能，但该诉讼突显了过去的疏忽</p>

<p><strong>A new court filing has revealed that sex trafficking was difficult to report and widely tolerated on Meta platforms. According to the filing, which was unsealed on Friday, the lawsuit was a part of a wider lawsuit filed against four social media companies.</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>一份新的法庭文件显示，性交易在 Meta 平台上难以报告且被广泛容忍。根据周五解封的文件，这起诉讼是针对四家社交媒体公司的更大诉讼的一部分。</strong></p>
</div><p>In the plaintiffs brief, Instagram’s head of safety and well-being, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, testified that when she joined Meta in 2020, she learned that the company had a 17x strike policy for accounts that carried out trafficking of humans for sex. This meant that users could incur this infringement 16 times, with the company only suspending their account on the 17th occurrence. “By any measure across the industry, [it was] a very, very high strike threshold,” she added.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在原告的简报中，Instagram 的安全与福祉负责人 Vaishnavi Jayakumar 作证称，当她在 2020 年加入 Meta 时，她了解到公司对进行性交易的人类账户有 17 次违规政策。这意味着用户可以在 16 次违规后继续使用，只有在第 17 次违规时才会被暂停账户。她补充道：“在整个行业中，这个违规阈值是非常非常高的。”</p>
</div><h3>Meta accused of downplaying risks to children and misleading the public</h3>
<div class="lb-trans"><h3>Meta 被指责淡化对儿童的风险并误导公众</h3>
</div><p>The allegations against Meta stem from a brief filed in an unprecedented multi-district litigation. More than 1,800 plaintiffs, including children, parents, school districts, and state attorneys general, have banded together in the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that parent companies behind TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube “relentlessly pursued a strategy of growth at all costs, recklessly ignoring the impact of their products on children’s mental and physical health.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>针对 Meta 的指控源于一份在前所未有的多地区诉讼中提交的简报。超过 1800 名原告，包括儿童、父母、学区和州检察长，联合提起了诉讼。诉讼声称，TikTok、Snapchat 和 YouTube 背后的母公司 “无情地追求不惜一切代价的增长策略，鲁莽地忽视了其产品对儿童心理和身体健康的影响。”</p>
</div><p>According to the brief filed by the plaintiffs in the Northern District of California, Meta was alleged to have been aware of serious harms on its platform and engaged in a pattern of deceit to downplay risks to young users. The platforms claim that internal company documents can corroborate the testimonies. In addition, the plaintiffs claimed Meta was aware that millions of adults were contacting minors on their platforms.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据原告在加利福尼亚北区提交的简报，Meta 被指控意识到其平台上存在严重危害，并采取了一系列欺骗行为来淡化对年轻用户的风险。这些平台声称，内部公司文件可以证实这些证词。此外，原告声称 Meta 知道数百万成年人在其平台上与未成年人联系。</p>
</div><p>The plaintiffs also claimed that Meta was aware that its products increased mental health issues in teens, and content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet hardly removed. The brief also noted that the company failed to disclose these harms to the public or to Congress, and also refused to implement safety fixes to protect young users from being exposed to them.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>原告还声称，Meta 意识到其产品增加了青少年的心理健康问题，涉及饮食失调、自杀和儿童性虐待的内容经常被检测到，但几乎没有被删除。简报还指出，公司未向公众或国会披露这些危害，并拒绝实施安全修复措施以保护年轻用户免受这些危害的影响。</p>
</div><p>“Meta has designed social media products and platforms that it is aware are addictive to kids, and they’re aware that those addictions lead to a whole host of serious mental health issues,” says Previn Warren, the co-lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the case. “Like tobacco, this is a situation where there are dangerous products that were marketed to kids,” Warren adds. “They did it anyway, because more usage meant more profits for the company.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“Meta 设计了社交媒体产品和平台，他们知道这些产品对孩子们具有上瘾性，并且他们意识到这些上瘾会导致一系列严重的心理健康问题，” 案件的原告共同首席律师 Previn Warren 表示。“就像烟草一样，这是一种危险产品被推向儿童的情况，” Warren 补充道。“他们还是这样做了，因为更多的使用意味着公司更多的利润。”</p>
</div><h3>Brief paints a bad picture of its internal structure</h3>
<div class="lb-trans"><h3>简报描绘了公司内部结构的糟糕状况</h3>
</div><p>The plaintiffs’ briefs, which were first reported by TIME, were based on sworn depositions of current and former Meta executives, internal communications, and company research and presentation materials obtained during the discovery process. It includes several quotes and experts from thousands of pages of testimony and internal company documents. TIME was unable to view the testimonies or research quoted in the brief at the time because they were sealed.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>原告的简报首次由 TIME 报道，基于现任和前任 Meta 高管的宣誓证词、内部通讯以及在发现过程中获得的公司研究和演示材料。它包含了数千页证词和内部公司文件中的多个引用和专家意见。由于这些材料被封存，TIME 在当时无法查看简报中引用的证词或研究。</p>
</div><p>However, the brief still paints a bad picture of the company’s internal research and deliberations about issues that have affected its platforms since at least 2017. Plaintiffs noted that since 2017, Meta has been enticing young users, even though its internal research suggests its social media products could be addictive and dangerous to kids. According to the brief, Meta employees proposed ways to reduce these harms but were often blocked by executives.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，简报仍然描绘了公司内部研究和关于自 2017 年以来影响其平台的问题的糟糕状况。原告指出，自 2017 年以来，Meta 一直在吸引年轻用户，尽管其内部研究表明其社交媒体产品可能对儿童具有上瘾性和危险性。根据简报，Meta 员工提出了减少这些危害的方法，但常常被高管阻止。</p>
</div><p>Meanwhile, in the years after the lawsuit was filed, Meta has implemented new safety features designed to address some of the problems that the plaintiffs described. Last year, the company unveiled its Instagram Teen Account, which sets a user’s account private by default, provided they are between 13 and 18. In addition, it limits sensitive content, turns off notifications at night, and bars communications from unconnected adults.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>与此同时，在诉讼提起后的几年里，Meta 实施了新的安全功能，旨在解决原告所描述的一些问题。去年，该公司推出了 Instagram 青少年账户，默认将用户账户设置为私密，前提是他们年龄在 13 至 18 岁之间。此外，它限制敏感内容，夜间关闭通知，并禁止与不相关的成年人进行沟通。</p>
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Court filings allege Meta misled public on risks to children

- Meta 平台被指控在性交易问题上反应迟缓且广泛容忍。  
- 超过 1800 名原告联合起诉，称 Meta 未能保护年轻用户。  
- 原告称 Meta 知晓其产品对青少年心理健康的危害，却未采取有效措施。  

法庭文件指控 Meta 在儿童风险问题上误导了公众