Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court should reexamine the federal law that gives social media websites like Facebook broad legal immunity when those platforms are used to commit crimes.

NBC News reports the justice's comments came after the high court declined to hear an appeal from a Texas woman who as a teenager was friended by a man under a false name on Facebook who was, in reality, a sex trafficker. After she had a fight with her mother, the man tricked the then-15-year-old girl into thinking she could make enough money by modeling in order to live on her own.

The woman says after the man picked her up, she was raped, beaten, photographs were taken of her and she was forced into sex trafficking.

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Her lawsuit argues Facebook should have realized the man, who was using a fake identity, was involved in criminal activity, because "the trafficker's account was littered with photos and other content that were clear signs of human trafficking."

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