A group of 33 states including California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms.
  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    8 months ago

    Meta, the negging company:

    “Kids and teenagers are suffering from record levels of poor mental health and social media companies like Meta are to blame,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James in a statement. “Meta has profited from children’s pain by intentionally designing its platforms with manipulative features that make children addicted to their platforms while lowering their self-esteem.”

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      8 months ago

      Go NY DA! Fuck all these assholes, she’s doing what nobody else has the courage to do and we should be very grateful!