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Two families — Tricia Maciejewski and Ros and Mark Dowey — filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Meta using newly released internal records after their teenage sons, Levi Maciejewski and Murray Dowey, died by suicide following sextortion on Instagram.The complaint, filed in Delaware Superior Court, alleges Meta prioritized engagement over safety by refusing to deploy affordable protections and says attorneys led by Matthew Bergman will use the documents to prove the company was aware of the risk.
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