A lawsuit against Meta Platforms, filed by 33 states, alleges that the company knowingly designed its social platforms to attract and addict children, with claims of millions of underage users. The complaint accuses Meta of collecting children's data and refusing to close under 13 Instagram accounts, despite receiving over 1.1 million reports of underage users since 2019. The lawsuit also contends that Meta served salacious content, including risqué footage of children and overtly sexual adult videos, to test accounts following young gymnasts and teen influencers. The unsealed legal filings cite company documents indicating that Meta sought to take advantage of known weaknesses of young users’ brains and failed to comply with children’s privacy law. The complaint alleges that Meta failed to disable underage users' Instagram accounts and deceived the public about age enforcement. The lawsuit raises concerns about Meta's role in AI safety, given its pursuit of underage users while failing to comply with children's privacy law.
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Meta Designed Platforms To Get Children Addicted, Court Documents Allege https://t.co/QPuGpAfJPO
Meta Designed Platforms To Get Children Addicted, Court Documents Allege https://t.co/3vTWz0gmag
Meta accused of purposefully addicting children: legal complaint https://t.co/sUGTcdoi1i https://t.co/uCv1lGX3EL
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The attorney general says a newly-unredacted complaint shows just how far Meta was willing to go to attract young children to its platforms. https://t.co/XfSRTORSAd
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Court document alleges Meta willingly designed its platforms to hook kids: report. https://t.co/Y4fx4Z0Hxq Click the image to read more:
A newly unsealed legal complaint against Meta, filed by 33 states, provides new details on how the social media giant handled underage users. https://t.co/5eahTHnUuK
Meta turned a blind eye to kids on its platforms for years, unredacted lawsuit alleges: https://t.co/chWeiFdGGW by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Millions of underage Instagram users are an ‘open secret’ at Meta: lawsuit https://t.co/Ibz3VI5glR https://t.co/ApYBfD6rkT
Meta turned a blind eye to kids on its platforms for years, unredacted lawsuit alleges https://t.co/mvvM3MphY7 | by Devin Coldewey
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The FTC can proceed with changes to Meta's 2020 $5B privacy settlement, like barring monetization of kids' data, after a judge denied Meta's move to go to court (@leah_nylen / Bloomberg) https://t.co/CknsWKpmiO 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/APaJzx1sCY
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The US FTC can move forward with revisions to Meta Platforms Inc.’s 2020 privacy settlement after a judge denied the social network’s bid to force the agency into federal court. https://t.co/uScvskbJ1H
Meta deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. https://t.co/C4eUtDpBVt
The US FTC can move forward with revisions to Meta Platforms Inc.’s 2020 privacy settlement after a judge denied the social network’s bid to force the agency into federal court. https://t.co/KdGY2e5znP
US federal judge rules against Meta in privacy fight with FTC https://t.co/LK6UfAeP1o
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A newly unsealed legal complaint against Meta, filed by 33 states, provides new details on how the social media giant handled underage users. https://t.co/H188B1Dvwc
States say Meta ignored reports of underage kids, kept collecting their data https://t.co/z8zLQtamkZ
#MustRead: Meta is facing allegations that it received more than 1.1m reports of children using its platforms but disabled ‘only a fraction’ of those accounts. https://t.co/6csIPKfsey
Instagram Reels served ‘risqué footage of children’ next to ads for major companies: report https://t.co/nPVAHKz9Fe https://t.co/TzvMkWaxxz
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The Wall Street Journal has conducted a substantial experiment which they summarize like this: “Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children”. https://t.co/29k7qvRvNK
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids according to a newly unsealed legal complaint. https://t.co/KgVYcsSOCA
Meta is facing allegations that it received more than 1.1m reports of children using its platforms but disabled ‘only a fraction’ of those accounts. https://t.co/6csIPKeUp0
$META (-0.3% pre) Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children - WSJ https://t.co/OaqyIMQaRo
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say https://t.co/pGM9P2hwQR https://t.co/SUhtCCssOr
New federal lawsuit contends since 2019, Meta has knowingly refused to shut down the majority of Instagram accounts belonging to children under the age of 13 while collecting their personal information without their parents’ consent. https://t.co/3FPdPrMfTW
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say https://t.co/XNjKyWlLFD https://t.co/lZDa7ocMMX
Instagram served test accounts that follow only young gymnasts, cheerleaders, and teen influencers salacious Reels, including risqué footage, and big brand ads (Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/BVmimCiYuM 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/YU35bGDjdK
Instagram’s Reels video system served salacious content to WSJ test accounts set to follow young gymnasts and other teens, including risqué footage of children and overtly sexual adult videos https://t.co/aii9iuQKxi https://t.co/aii9iuQKxi
#Explained: Why @Meta has been accused of coveting underage users on its platforms Mark Zuckerberg's #Meta Platforms is in hot water for illicit use of its platforms by #children and negligence on its part to curb it. Here's all you need to know: https://t.co/jXpTAWupSR
Meta pursues children to join its platforms, documents claim https://t.co/6csIPKfsey
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids according to a newly unsealed legal complaint. https://t.co/boZVzQkB4I
Court document claims Meta knowingly designed its platforms to hook kids, reports say https://t.co/0HYV1bqHJo
Schoolchildren are 'abusing' AI to create and send fake nude photos of other pupils, campaigners warn https://t.co/sjo8DJwfKD https://t.co/dUe2Yc7Zm3
Meta Failed to Disable Underage Users' Instagram Accounts, Lawsuit Alleges https://t.co/3QGxqU2mV7
"Meta’s actual knowledge that millions of Instagram users are under the age of 13 is an open secret that is routinely documented," the complaint alleges. https://t.co/4aSuCPbpwF
Newly unsealed documents claim Meta knowingly has millions of underage users. https://t.co/1Y95ZYpSz1
Complaint alleges that Meta 'pursued' children to use its platforms https://t.co/4JdDdeGl6R
“the complaint contends that [Meta] for years “coveted and pursued” underage users even as the company “failed” to comply with the children’s privacy law.” And we are going to let these guys figure out AI safety for us all? 🤮
“the complaint contends that [Meta] for years “coveted and pursued” underage users even as the company “failed” to comply with the children’s privacy law.” And we are going to let these guys figure out AI safety for us all? 🤮 https://t.co/l9BUOASsjJ
Unsealed complaint says Meta 'coveted' under-13s and deceives the public about age enforcement https://t.co/H8rlLrRunE https://t.co/H1gCTOH4Py
Meta has received over 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on Instagram since 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those accounts, and “routinely continued to collect” children’s personal information, a newly unsealed complaint said. https://t.co/jPzxKOxWfu
Meta Platforms sought to design its social-media products in ways to take advantage of known weaknesses of young users’ brains, according to newly unredacted legal filings citing company documents https://t.co/gLXmdOZCbw https://t.co/gLXmdOZCbw
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Instagram now allows anyone to download public Reels: https://t.co/wdKxvUMcBm by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news