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# Meta-provided Facebook chats led a woman to plead guilty to abortion-related charges
- URL: https://werd.io/meta-provided-facebook-chats-led-a-woman-to-plead-guilty-to/
- Published: 2023-07-12T08:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-12T08:45:00.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

One of my nightmares is that something I helped to build would be used in this kind of prosecution. There’s an expectation of privacy built into the design of direct messaging apps, and designers have a responsibility to protect their users. They failed here. [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790923/facebook-meta-woman-daughter-guilty-abortion-nebraska-messenger-encryption-privacy)\]