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  • Dozens of states sue Meta

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 24 21:19:34 2023
    Dozens of states sue Meta over addictive features harming kids

    A bipartisan slate of states are alleging Meta's addictive features on
    Facebook and Instagram violated a federal privacy law and state
    consumer protections.

    More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of
    Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms' apps are designed to
    be addictive and harm children's mental health.

    The lawsuit signed by 33 state attorneys general was filed Tuesday in
    a San Francisco federal court. The suit claims Meta violated both
    federal children's online privacy law and state consumer protection
    laws by making its products addictive and then lying about how they
    harm children's mental health.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/24/states-sue-meta-addictive-features-kids-00123217

    I suspect Meta's goose is cooked...

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Wed Oct 25 06:02:52 2023
    On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:20:12 -0400, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    It's not just children. Social media addiction
    harms adults just the same.

    Adult "children" do exist...all of us are on different mental planes,
    and we do not all mature on the same timeline.

    When living in a smaller community, one can evaluate others' mental
    planes.

    On a different note, smartphone addiction is a related topic. People
    tend to seek attention, and smarphones are used as a means.

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Oct 25 00:20:12 2023
    On 10/24/2023 10:19 PM, JAB wrote:

    More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms' apps are designed to
    be addictive and harm children's mental health.

    It's not just children. Social media addiction harms adults just the same.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Wed Oct 25 21:53:12 2023
    Michael Trew wrote:

    On 10/24/2023 10:19 PM, JAB wrote:

    More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms' apps are designed to
    be addictive and harm children's mental health.

    It's not just children. Social media addiction harms adults just the
    same.

    Maybe we should try and get them to dump social media and come over to
    Usenet?!

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Oct 25 23:43:22 2023
    On 10/25/2023 3:53 PM, Blueshirt wrote:
    Michael Trew wrote:

    On 10/24/2023 10:19 PM, JAB wrote:

    More than 30 states filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the owner of
    Facebook and Instagram, alleging the platforms' apps are designed to
    be addictive and harm children's mental health.

    It's not just children. Social media addiction harms adults just the
    same.

    Maybe we should try and get them to dump social media and come over to Usenet?!

    Haha, good luck. I suspect that I might be the youngest regular on any
    text based Usenet group still active.

    I find Usenet to be far less "addictive" than social media. I use very
    little social media myself. On and off, however, I've been quite
    involved in chat rooms over the years.

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