FACEBOOK MIGHT BE SUED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook could be held liable if sex traffickers use the platform to prey on children, arguing the social media website isn’t a “lawless no-man’s-land.”
The ruling was made following three Houston-area lawsuits involving teenage trafficking victims who alleged that they met their abusers through Facebook’s messaging service. Prosecutors also said that Facebook was negligent by not doing more to block sex traffickers from using the site.
“We do not understand Section 230 to ‘create a lawless no-man’s-land on the Internet’ in which states are powerless to impose liability on websites that knowingly or intentionally participate in the evil of online human trafficking,” the Supreme Court’s majority wrote.
Facebook has contended that it’s protected under Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act—a law that has been frequently criticized by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump. Critics have said that the rule, which shields online platforms from liability regarding third-party content, has allowed Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others to ban conservative viewpoints while unfairly allowing extreme left-wing viewpoints to proliferate.
“Holding internet platforms accountable for words or actions of their users is one thing, and the federal precedent uniformly dictates that section 230 does not allow it,” the state Supreme Court court ruled (pdf) on June 25. “Holding internet platforms accountable for their own misdeeds is quite another thing. This is particularly the case for human trafficking.”
In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson told Fox Business that the California-based firm is considering the “next steps” following the court’s decision.
“We’re reviewing the decision and considering potential next steps. Sex trafficking is abhorrent and not allowed on Facebook,” a spokesman told Fox News. “We will continue our fight against the spread of this content and the predators who engage in it.”
The Texas Supreme Court said that the sex trafficking victims can move forward with their lawsuits against Facebook. They claimed that the company violated the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which was approved in 2009.
According to the 2020 Federal Human Trafficking Report (pdf), the Human Trafficking Institute says that most of the online recruitment in active sex trafficking cases, or about 59 percent of all cases, occurred on Facebook in 2020.
That makes Facebook “by far the most frequently referenced website or app in public sources connected with these prosecutions, which was also true in 2019,” the report found. . . .
What are your thoughts on this new lawsuit against Facebook? Let us know your thoughts and prayers for America in the comments below!
(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Article written by Jack Phillips. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Jesus I pray Your victory for these sex trafficking victims. If facebook is guilty may Your justice be served.
Comment} Human trafficking is sin. I had no idea Facebook was used for recruitment.
Father God one of your names is Strongtower. You are a strong tower we can run into you and be safe. The internet is a wonderful tool and I thank you for it. But it should be a safe tool. I ask you Strongtower to make Facebook safe. Mr. Zuckerburg is not above your laws. I pray for victory in this that he be held responsible or for him to take responsibility. I plead the blood of Jesus over this matter. I pray that human trafficker find Jesus. Give them dreams as they sleep. Free them from sex addiction, heal their twisted minds. Restore their brains away from this sin. You blinded Paul in Acts 9 and made yourself known to him.I plead with you to do the same to human traffickers make yourself known. In Acts when the church prayed Peter was released from jail. The church of intercessors are praying for human freedom. I thank you Lord for answered prayer for freeing those stolen in human trafficking and for Facebook not be used for recruitment. In Jesus name. Amen