Meta apologizes after mistaken child exploitation flag shuts down woman's business accounts

Every year, tech companies flag and suspend thousands of accounts that violate their Terms of Use concerning child sexual exploitation, and report many of those violators to law enforcement.

But what if those reports aren’t true? The fallout for people falsely accused can be devastating.

That is what appeared to happen to one woman named Riley, who contacted MyNorthewest and KIRO Newsradio . She received an email from Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads, that informed her all of her personal and business accounts and channels she owns or manages, including a fitness center, a weight loss clinic, and a bar, were suspended for allegedly violating their terms of use related to child sexual exploitation.

Riley was shocked by the email and explain