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Meta's Scheme to Exploit Young Users for Profit by@metaeatsbrains

Meta's Scheme to Exploit Young Users for Profit

by Save the Kids From MetaOctober 29th, 2023
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The state Attorneys General have accused Meta of exploiting young users to maximize profits through their Social Media Platforms. The allegations include using manipulative features while downplaying their potential harm, publishing misleading reports about user experiences, and failing to address documented adverse effects on young users.

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The United States v. Meta Platforms Court Filing October 24, 2023 is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part in this filing here. This is part 10 of 100.

VIII. META’S SCHEME TO EXPLOIT YOUNG USERS FOR PROFIT

53. Meta has exploited young users of its Social Media Platforms, including by: (1) creating a business model focused on maximizing young users’ time on its Platforms; (2) employing harmful and psychologically manipulative Platform features while misleading the public about the safety of those features; (3) publishing misleading reports purporting to show low rates of user harms; and (4) in spite of the overwhelming evidence linking its Social Media Platforms to young user harms, refusing to address those harms while continuing to conceal and downplay its Platforms’ adverse effects.



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