Meta faces eight lawsuits this week that claim its algorithms lead to attempted suicide, eating disorders, sleeplessness, and other issues in young people
Bloomberg Malathi Nayak
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@blaw
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“These applications could have been designed to minimize potential harm, but instead, a decision was made to aggressively addict adolescents in the name of corporate profits.” https://blawgo.com/SO0jSF6
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@jimsteyer
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Alexis' story is tragic and unfortunately too familiar. Meta has known for years that Instagram exposes teens to harmful content. We must establish a legal precedent for parents to hold #BigTech accountable for the harms they cause to kids. @JessReports: https://www.nbcnews.com/.…
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@lindnervera
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PARENTS: please read this. Our story too, except our D (12-14 at the time) went into the TG ideology & binge eating-bulimia direction. Her friends (also infecting each other with the TG bug) became anorexic. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
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@caldotheapache
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At what point do parents become responsible for their children's viewing habits? What happened to parents and responsibility and accountability when it comes to parenting? https://twitter.com/...
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@realjunsonchan
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Not wrong at all. Instagram is especially dangerous. https://twitter.com/...
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Facebook, $FB, has been hit with eight different lawsuits in the last week alleging that its platforms are designed to lure young people into addictive patterns that are hazardous to their health.