Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes

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Meta says it whitethorn beryllium forced to propulsion Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the lawyer wide gets his way. The authorities is demanding a big of changes that the institution says are intolerable to achieve.

After winning a $375 cardinal assemblage award against Meta successful a proceedings that argued the institution misled users successful the authorities astir the information of its products, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is asking the authorities tribunal to bid sweeping changes to the platforms. Among the asks are a prohibition connected end-to-end encryption for minors, implementing property verification, and detecting 99 percent of caller kid intersexual maltreatment worldly uploaded to its …

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