Coverage dated November 26, 2023

Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say

Headline from The Republic

SAN FRANCISO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — that it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed le…

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  1. The Republic

    Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say (opens The Republic)

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    SAN FRANCISO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — that it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed le…

  2. Fox7 Austin

    Court document alleges Meta willingly designed its platforms to hook kids: report (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    The complaint also claims Meta knew, but never disclosed, it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only acted on some of those accounts.

  3. Time

    Meta Knowingly Designed Its Platforms to Hook Kids, Reports Say (opens Time)

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    Facebook parent Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook kids, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint

  4. CBS News

    Lawsuit claims Meta designed Instagram, Facebook to hook kids (opens CBS News)

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    Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids according to a newly unsealed legal complaint.

  5. The Guardian

    Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege (opens The Guardian)

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    Instagram and Facebook parent company also knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts, unsealed legal complaint says

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