[jacobsimon]

Not trying to defend Meta at all here, but this report is also lying.

For example, it says "79% of all child sex trafficking in 2020 occurred on Meta’s platforms." But the source it cites actually says 79% of online social media cases occurred on Facebook and Instagram. So this stat is probably just a reflection of Meta's market share of social media.

[devsda]

> But the source it cites actually says 79% of online social media cases

I'm curious about what other conclusion you may have reached when reading "on Meta's platforms".

Offline by nature cannot happen on Meta's platforms right and any site that facilitates interaction can be considered social media.

[retsibsi]

> I'm curious about what other conclusion you may have reached when reading "on Meta's platforms".

The claim was "79% of all child sex trafficking in 2020 occurred on Meta’s platforms", so they probably took it to mean that 79% of all sex trafficking in 2020 occurred on Meta's platforms.

I don't mean to be a smartarse (well maybe a little). But why wouldn't they interpret it that way, when that's exactly what it says? "X% of all Y happened on Z" doesn't implicitly mean "X% of online Y happened on Z" just because Z is an online platform.

[devsda]

> But why wouldn't they interpret it that way, when that's exactly what it says

I assumed online by default because honestly 79% of all trafficking happening on Meta's platform sounded so implausible I didn't even consider it.

I mean if that number were really true then FB/Insta would rival the dark web or whatever it is called these days. Didn't think they were gone that far.

[jacobsimon]

It’s just an incredibly different statement. It’s like saying 79% of Americans voted for Trump vs 79% of registered Republicans voted for Trump, they lead to very different conclusions.

[blitzar]

Meta's market share of child sex trafficking.

[jacobsimon]

I should say market share of social media* updated lol

[loeg]

And it's, you know, identified cases.