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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Katie McQue

Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram

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The Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Meta revoked a job offer to a prominent cyber-intelligence analyst immediately after he criticized Instagram for failing to protect children online.

Paul Raffile had been offered a job as a human exploitation investigator focusing on issues such as sextortion and human trafficking. He had participated in a 24 April webinar on safeguarding against financial sextortion schemes, during which he criticized Instagram for allowing children to fall prey to scammers and offered possible solutions.

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