Overview
- Meta expands the 'Take It Down' tool to 25 languages, aiming to help millions more teens worldwide combat sextortion.
- The tool, developed with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, allows users to anonymously add a digital fingerprint to intimate images for tracking and removal.
- Meta faces criticism for its handling of sextortion scams, with Senators accusing the company of prioritizing profit over safety.
- The company also updates its Sextortion hub with new guidance and launches a global campaign to raise awareness about sextortion.
- Meta tightens restrictions to prevent teen users from receiving direct messages from strangers.