33 U.S. states sue Facebook and Instagram owner for making social media addictive to kids

Business33 U.S. states sue Facebook and Instagram owner for making social media addictive to kidsThirty-three states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that cause children to be addicted to its platforms.Lawsuit alleges Meta has features aimed at teens despite knowing harm they causeThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 24, 2023 12:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours agoIndian social media influencer Malini Agarwal smiles as she checks social media in the back seat of a car. A lawsuit launched in the U.S. on Tuesday alleges that the owner of Facebook and Instagram knowingly puts out features on its products designed to get young people to use them despite being bad for their mental health. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)Thirty-three states including California and New York are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that cause children to be addicted to its platforms.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, also claims that Meta routinely collects data on
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