Meta’s nearly $17 billion U.S. deal, which limits teenagers’ use of Instagram and Facebook, has reignited debate in Paraguay over protecting minors online, as expert Miguel Ángel Gaspar calls for new laws, enforcement and greater parental control.
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The Paraguayan Alerta Mafe system, in partnership with the company Meta, located a six-year-old child in its first case, which resulted from a family communication breakdown, while authorities state that all alerts issued since its activation in July have been resolved, without disclosing the total number of cases.
Paraguay and Meta officially launch the MAFE Alert system, which uses Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger to notify users within a 160-kilometer radius and expedite the search for missing children and adolescents.
The Paraguayan Senate is investigating the blocking of a video of its session on YouTube, possibly due to the use of copyrighted FIFA footage, but the content remains available on its official channels.