Unsealed court documents reveal that Facebook knew kids were being
tricked into spending thousands of dollars on their parents' credit
cards
https://boingboing.net/2019/01/18/slot-machines-vs-parents.html
When the case was settled, the court records were sealed, but
thanks to legal action from Reveal, they are now in the public
domain, and they paint a picture of a company whose internal
staff raised multiple red flags about kids using their
parents' cards in this way, and whose concerns were brushed
off in the name of profits. One very disturbing exchange has
a Facebook employee referring to a child who had charged
thousands of dollars on their parents' credit card as a
"whale," a term the casino uses to refer to high-rollers who
lose fortunes while gambling.
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