Landmark agreement with Meta to combat child exploitation in South Africa

IN A groundbreaking legal victory, the Digital Law Co (DLC) has secured an order in which Meta agreed to cooperate in the fight against child porn on its sites.

- ZELDA VENTER

Over the past two weeks, Emma Sadleir and her team fought a fierce legal battle against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and WhatsApp, in a bid to have disturbing posts of children removed from public sites.

In the latest turn of events, DLC has secured a consent order, issued in the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, in which Meta has agreed to work closely with DLC.

This case arose in response to the widespread circulation of sexually exploitative material involving South African schoolchildren on Meta-owned platforms.