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This is still a massive problem.

> During a series of romantic chats on Facebook Messenger, the virtual woman had repeatedly reassured Bue she was real and had invited him to her apartment, even providing an address.

Let's say he didn't fall, where was he going to end up? There are other ways this plays out… he gets killed my someone, arrested, who knows. At the very least, this level of gaslighting is bound to drive a person insane.

Meta needs to get their act together. This isn't ok.





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