A recently unsealed lawsuit alleged Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, has diabolically crafted its social media platforms to ensnare children.
According to a 233-page complaint filed in the US District Court of Northern California on October 24 by the attorneys general of 33 states Meta through its’ Social Media Platforms, Facebook and Instagram has “profoundly altered the psychological and social realities of a generation of young Americans.”
For-profit, Meta is accused of harnessing “powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage and ultimately ensnare youth and teens.” And for over a decade, Meta has “repeatedly misled the public about the substantial dangers of its Social Media Platforms.”
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Social Media Platforms underage users
The documents, described in reports by The Wall Street Journal suggest Meta knew about millions of complaints regarding underage users on Instagram. And consciously chose not to disclose the extent of the issue, disabling only a fraction of the reported accounts.
