Zuckerberg asked to testify on Meta’s role in human trafficking in Florida

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are the preferred platforms for those who prey on vulnerable people, says attorney general

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive, is being asked to respond to the extraordinary" number of cases in which the company's social media platforms are used to facilitate human trafficking in Florida.

It follows revelations this week that Meta's platforms - Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - were used to facilitate human trafficking in 146 of the 271 reported cases of social media platforms being used by traffickers to commit their crimes in Florida, between 2019 and 2022.