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Meta sued after teen boys' suicides, families claim tech giant ignored 'sextortion' schemes

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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Two families filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta over their sons’ suicides, arguing that the tech giant failed to add proper safeguards to prevent sextortion schemes targeting teenagers on Instagram.Tricia Maciejewski, of Pennsylvania, and Rosalind and Mark Downey, of Scotland, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, saying their sons fell for the same sextortion scheme, in which a stranger messages a teenager on social media pre...

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