Meta knowingly designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids, sacrificing their sleep, school performance and mental health just to rack up revenue. The evidence is clear: Meta knew its platforms were harming young users and lied about the risks anyway. Holding Meta accountable is the only way to stop a tech giant from profiting off a generation's suffering.
The states are engaging in a smear campaign against Meta. Addiction is a clinical term that doesn't apply to social media habits, however harmful, and studies are inconclusive on the effects of long-term use amongst adolescents, confounded by preexisting mental health conditions and family structure. This case is not founded upon evidence.
There is a 20% chance that Meta will report 1 billion active users by the end of 2031, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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