Mother sues Twitter for its alleged role in abuse, sex-trafficking of her child

The child, who was 13 at the time, was approached by a pimp and convinced to engage in sex acts for money. Video clips of these acts later circulated on Twitter, and the social media giant allegedly profited from this.

According to the New York Post, the victim and his mother filed the suit on Wednesday in the state of California's northern district.

According to the text of the legal complaint, Twitter "knowingly hosted sexual exploitation material, including child sex abuse material (referred to in some instances as child pornography), and allowed human trafficking and the dissemination of child sexual abuse material to continue on its platform, therefore profiting from the harmful and exploitive material and the traffic it draws."

"Twitter is not a passive, inactive, intermediary in the distribution of this harmful material; rather, Twitter has adopted an active role in the dissemination and knowing promotion and distribution of this harmful material. Twitter’s own policies, practices, business model, and technology architecture encourage and profit from the distribution of sexual exploitation material."

Twitter ostensibly has a strict child sexual exploitation policy. The lawsuit alleges that this policy was not properly enforced.

Twitter is also potentially in hot water for allegedly allowing plans for the Capitol riots to have been carried out on its platform, which left five people dead, including a police officer.