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Sex-trafficking victims can sue Facebook for allegedly facilitating their recruitment, top Texas court says

June 30, 2021

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A federal law protecting websites that publish third-party content doesn’t insulate Facebook from sex-trafficking lawsuits that are based on a state statute, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled.

In a June 25 opinion, the state supreme court allowed the statutory claim by three Houston women who alleged that their abusers recruited them as teenagers through Facebook. The Texas law creates a civil cause of action for intentionally or knowingly benefiting from participation in sex trafficking.

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