| ▲ | rappatic 3 hours ago | |
Half of these examples aren't even lies. The right column of this table is full of whataboutisms and fabricated statistics. For example, > Zuckerberg: "We don't allow people under the age of 13 on our service. So if we find anyone who's under the age of 13, we remove them from our service." > What the evidence says: Internal document stating the goal for Meta to be the most relevant social products for kids worldwide. To do so, Meta will focus on "each youth life stage, ‘Kid’ (6-10), ‘Tween’ (10-13), and ‘Teen’ 13+." The fact that Meta eventually wants to appeal to kids doesn't mean they currently allow kids on their platform. And here's an example of a fabricated statistic: > 79% of all child sex trafficking in 2020 occurred on Meta’s platforms. (Link) That link leads to a PDF which says "The 2020 Federal Human Trafficking Report found that 65% of child sex trafficking victims recruited on social media were recruited from Facebook, with 14% being recruited on Instagram." This is a completely different statistic: the percentage of child sex trafficking victims recruited on social media vs. the percentage "of all child sex trafficking" (the vast majority of which does not occur through social media). Doing stuff like this destroys the website's credibility when it comes to the actual lies. | ||