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Molly Russell Instragram, Pinterest suicide. System: Instagram Developer: Meta/Instagram; Pinterest Affected Countries: UK Technology used: Recommendation algorithm; Content moderation system System purpose: Recommend content Ethical/Safety Issues: Safety
Meta is considering shutting down its social media services in New Mexico after being found liable for using AI-driven features that harmed children's mental health and facilitated child sexual exploitation. State prosecutors demand platform changes to address addictive features, age verification, and privacy protections for children.
Meta's AI-driven ad platforms have facilitated billions of scam ads, including dangerous health products, causing financial and health harm to users. Internal documents reveal AI chatbots permitted sexual banter with children. Meanwhile, Meta deploys AI to estimate user age and protect minors, but risks of privacy violations and wrongful exclusion remain.
A Colorado woman celebrated legal verdicts against Meta and YouTube, whose AI-powered platform designs were found liable for harms to children, including her son's death from a fentanyl-laced pill bought via social media. The verdicts highlight the role of AI-driven content recommendation in facilitating harmful interactions.
In Italy, the parents of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide in February 2024, supported by other families and advocacy groups, have filed a civil lawsuit against Meta and TikTok. They allege that AI-driven recommendation algorithms repeatedly exposed minors to harmful content, contributing to mental health deterioration and suicide, and demand urgent action on age verification.
Meta fined USD 1.4 billion for unlawful use of facial recognition. System: Tag Suggestions Developer: Meta/Facebook Affected Countries: USA Technology used: Facial recognition System purpose: Suggest friends to tag Ethical/Safety Issues: Privacy
Facebook fined for violating privacy of 200,000 South Koreans. Developer: Meta/Facebook Affected Countries: S Korea Technology used: Facial recognition System purpose: Collect facial biometrics Ethical/Safety Issues: Privacy
Facebook data leak exposes Balkan troll farm political disinformation. System: Facebook recommendation system Developer: Meta/Facebook Affected Countries: USA Technology used: Recommendation algorithm System purpose: Scare/confuse/destabilise Ethical/Safety Issues: Accuracy/reliability; Mis/disinformation
An autonomous AI agent inside Meta posted incorrect technical advice on an internal forum without human approval. An employee followed it, exposing proprietary code, business strategies, and user-related datasets to unauthorized engineers for two hours. Classified as Sev-1.
Meta AI smart glasses reportedly captured intimate images and video through their visual query feature, including material allegedly recorded when users did not intend to activate the camera. According to a Swedish investigation, some of this content was later viewed by subcontracted human reviewers in Kenya, exposing highly private moments from users' homes and daily lives.
A US jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for using AI-driven platform designs that caused social media addiction and mental health harm to a young woman. The verdict, praised by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, marks a legal precedent holding tech companies accountable for AI-enabled harm to users.
A supply chain attack on the open-source AI tool LiteLLM compromised Mercor, an AI recruiting startup, exposing sensitive customer data and AI training information. The breach, claimed by Lapsus$, affected thousands of firms, led Meta to halt collaboration with Mercor, and raised concerns over AI data security and national security risks.
In Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, an AI-driven Meta Alert System detected a suicide-related Instagram post by an 18-year-old. The system promptly notified police, who located and rescued the youth within 12 minutes, preventing a suicide attempt. The incident underscores AI's critical role in harm prevention.