IG U-turn | Meta rescinds job offer to human trafficking expert after he condemned Instagram during a 'sextortion' webinar

Meta has rescinded a job offer to a candidate after he condemned Instagram for its failure due address ‘sextortion’ on a public webinar.

Paul Raffile, a cyber-intelligence analyst who specializes in human exploitation including sextortion and trafficking, had been handed a $175,000-a-year contract, according to a report by the Guardian.

The tech company planned to hire Raffile to focus on eliminating financial sextortion – where victims are tricked into privately sharing sexually explicit photos before being threatened with exposure unless they pay a ransom – on its platforms, among other forms of exploitation.

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On April 24, Raffile co-organized and participated in a webinar on the topic of safeguarding against financial sextortion. During the event, he criticized the social media platform for failing to deal with the threat of scammers and highlighted the impact it has on children who use the platform.