Facebook Can Be Held Liable For Not Protecting Against Underage Sex Trafficking, Court Rules

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday:

Facebook failed to protect against teen sex trafficking, court rules, paving the way for tech companies to be held liable when they're used for criminal activity.

The plaintiffs in the case argued that Facebook did not attempt to stop sex trafficking on its platform.

Facebook argued that Section 230 protected them.

The Texas Supreme Court said Section 230 doesn’t mean Facebook can operate as a “lawless no-man’s-land,”

In 2020 in the U.S., 59% of online recruitment of identified victims in active cases took place on Facebook alone. The report also states that 65% of identified child sex trafficking victims recruited on social media were recruited through Facebook.

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