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Families of two teenage boys, one from Scotland and another from Pennsylvania, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of prioritizing engagement over user safety on Instagram. The lawsuit alleges that the platform’s design flaws enabled sextortion schemes, leading to the youths’ suicides. These schemes involved cybercriminals posing as romantic interests to solicit explicit images from teens, later extorting them for money or more images. Filed in Delaware, the suit claims Meta failed to implement available safety features and misled users about Instagram’s safety. Despite recent safety feature updates, the families argue these measures were insufficient and belated.