Meta said it based the $1.4 trillion figure, which is nearly as large as the company’s entire market cap, on how the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have argued p…
If the only offence was providing social media things wouldn’t have gotten this far. There’s plenty of evidence Meta has intentionally optimized their system to damage mental health to increase profit.
I mean the fact that Zuckerberg is only now taking notice of a consequence for his actions says a lot. It feels like a bad faith argument to imply the courts are somehow in the wrong/taking things too far.
Right I mean that they should be punished for doing those things, not for the basic act of providing social media to youth, which I am afraid this will continue to morph into as a moral panic as it is elsewhere in the world like Australia and the UK for example.
Its not about the act of providing social media to kids though.
A total of 29 states are attached to the lawsuit against Meta, which accuses the company of major violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The legislation bars the collection of data from underage users without parental consent.
It’s not abstinence culture though?
If the only offence was providing social media things wouldn’t have gotten this far. There’s plenty of evidence Meta has intentionally optimized their system to damage mental health to increase profit.
And enabled chatbots to have sexual conversations with children… https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/
And used photos of children from parent’s accounts to created targeted advertisement to adult men implying those children would be available to chat with them… https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/20/parents-outraged-meta-uses-photos-schoolgirls-ads-man
I mean the fact that Zuckerberg is only now taking notice of a consequence for his actions says a lot. It feels like a bad faith argument to imply the courts are somehow in the wrong/taking things too far.
Right I mean that they should be punished for doing those things, not for the basic act of providing social media to youth, which I am afraid this will continue to morph into as a moral panic as it is elsewhere in the world like Australia and the UK for example.
Its not about the act of providing social media to kids though.
That’s a separate concern. I will point out it’s the same way we treat alcohol, and that direct messaging with friends apps aren’t banned.