Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
如果被迫做出“技术上不可行”的改变，Meta 威胁将从新墨西哥州下架其应用
Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the attorney general gets his way. The state is demanding a host of changes that the company says are impossible to achieve. Meta 表示，如果新墨西哥州总检察长一意孤行，公司可能被迫将 Facebook、Instagram 和 WhatsApp 从该州下架。该州目前要求公司进行一系列调整，但 Meta 称这些要求根本无法实现。
After winning a $375 million jury award against Meta in a trial that argued the company misled users in the state about the safety of its products, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is asking the state court to order sweeping changes to the platforms. Among the asks are a prohibition on end-to-end encryption for minors, implementing age verification, and detecting 99 percent of new child sexual abuse material uploaded to its services. 此前，新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯（Raúl Torrez）在一场诉讼中胜诉，陪审团裁定 Meta 向该州用户隐瞒了其产品安全性，并判决赔偿 3.75 亿美元。目前，托雷斯正要求州法院下令对这些平台进行全面整改。其要求包括：禁止对未成年人使用端到端加密、实施年龄验证，以及检测出上传至其服务中 99% 的新型儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）。
“Fundamentally, many of the requests are so hopelessly vague or ambiguous that enforcing them would violate Meta’s due process rights to know what would, and what would not, violate the injunction,” Meta says in a filing to the court. It calls several requests “technologically or practically infeasible” and says it would need to build New Mexico-specific apps to comply. “Therefore, granting this onerous relief could compel Meta to entirely withdraw Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from the State as the only feasible means of compliance.” “从根本上讲，许多要求极其模糊或含糊不清，执行这些要求将侵犯 Meta 的正当程序权利，即公司有权知晓哪些行为会违反禁令，哪些不会，”Meta 在提交给法院的文件中表示。公司称多项要求“在技术上或实践中不可行”，并表示若要合规，必须专门为新墨西哥州开发定制版应用。“因此，批准这些苛刻的救济措施可能会迫使 Meta 将 Facebook、Instagram 和 WhatsApp 完全撤出该州，这是实现合规的唯一可行手段。”
A couple examples of the AG’s proposed impossible tasks, according to Meta, are the mandates it achieve a 99 percent accuracy rate for detecting new CSAM and rejecting underage accounts. No matter what threshold the state set for CSAM detection, the company writes in the filing, “Meta would never be able to prove that the system met that standard, because doing the calculation would require that Meta detect 100% of CSAM to use as the denominator.” Demanding a specific level of accuracy in detection “appears to be based on the false premise that any system or tool can rid any social application or website with billions of users of all abuse or all CSAM. CSAM is an internet-wide issue not unique to Meta’s platforms, and no social application or website has been able to achieve zero CSAM, as multiple State witnesses conceded,” Meta adds. 据 Meta 称，总检察长提出的“不可能完成的任务”包括要求其在检测新型 CSAM 和拦截未成年人账户方面达到 99% 的准确率。公司在文件中写道，无论该州设定什么样的 CSAM 检测阈值，“Meta 都永远无法证明系统达到了该标准，因为要进行计算，前提是 Meta 必须检测到 100% 的 CSAM 才能作为分母。”Meta 补充说，要求特定的检测准确率“似乎基于一个错误的假设，即任何系统或工具都能让拥有数十亿用户的社交应用或网站彻底杜绝所有滥用行为或 CSAM。CSAM 是一个互联网层面的问题，并非 Meta 平台所独有，正如多位州证人所承认的那样，目前没有任何社交应用或网站能够实现零 CSAM。”
It also claims that replacing Meta’s existing age estimation methods — which include asking for users’ birthdays at sign-up, building in protections in case users try to change their age, and using models that predict age — with more onerous ones like ID uploads and facial scans for a large population could be less accurate. That’s because, according to Meta, they’d likely result in efforts to circumvent the system, or work differently in real-world conditions than in test cases. Plus, Meta believes it would be barred by federal children’s privacy law from retaining the data necessary to classify users under 13 in the state. Meta 还声称，如果用上传身份证件和面部扫描等更繁琐的方式来取代其现有的年龄估算方法（包括注册时询问生日、针对修改年龄行为设置保护机制以及使用年龄预测模型），其准确性反而可能下降。Meta 认为，这是因为这些手段很可能会导致用户试图绕过系统，或者在现实环境中的表现与测试案例不同。此外，Meta 认为，联邦儿童隐私法禁止其保留对该州 13 岁以下用户进行分类所需的必要数据。
“Meta’s refusal to follow the laws that protect our kids tells you everything you need to know about this company and the character of its leaders,” Torrez says in a statement. “We know Meta has the ability to make these changes. For years the company has rewritten its own rules, redesigned its products, and even bent to the demands of dictators to preserve market access. This is not about technological capability. Meta simply refuses to place the safety of children ahead of engagement, advertising revenue, and profit.” “Meta 拒绝遵守保护我们孩子的法律，这足以让你了解这家公司及其领导者的品格，”托雷斯在声明中表示。“我们知道 Meta 有能力做出这些改变。多年来，该公司一直在重写自己的规则、重新设计产品，甚至为了维持市场准入而屈从于独裁者的要求。这与技术能力无关。Meta 只是拒绝将儿童的安全置于用户粘性、广告收入和利润之上。”
Meta claims recent features like Teen Accounts already address many of New Mexico’s concerns, and proposes far more modest changes to tweak its age assurance models and fund law enforcement training in the state for internet crimes against children for a limited time. Meta 声称，最近推出的“青少年账户”（Teen Accounts）等功能已经解决了新墨西哥州的许多担忧，并提议采取更温和的调整，例如微调其年龄保证模型，并在有限时间内资助该州针对儿童网络犯罪的执法培训。
“In targeting a single platform, the State ignores the hundreds of other apps teens use, leaving parents without the comprehensive support they actually deserve,” Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro says in a statement. “该州只针对单一平台，却忽视了青少年使用的数百种其他应用，这使得家长们无法获得他们真正应得的全面支持，”Meta 发言人克里斯·斯格罗（Chris Sgro）在声明中表示。
Torrez warns that even if Meta were to “take their ball and leave the state,” it may soon find fewer places in the US to go. On a call with reporters Thursday, Torrez noted that dozens of AGs around the country are pursuing similar actions against social media companies. “It feels, to me, like a shortsighted and temporary attempt to deflect and delay the inevitable,” he says. “And it would be better for them, it would be better for our community, but [also] communities all over the country if they just started to do the real work to prioritize safety.” 托雷斯警告称，即使 Meta 选择“一走了之”，它很快会发现美国境内能去的地方越来越少。在周四与记者的通话中，托雷斯指出，全国各地的数十位总检察长正在对社交媒体公司采取类似行动。“在我看来，这是一种短视且暂时的尝试，旨在转移视线并推迟不可避免的结果，”他说。“如果他们现在就开始做实事，优先考虑安全问题，这对他们自己、对我们的社区，乃至对全国各地的社区都会更好。”