Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Literally designed to keep you scrolling forever

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  • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Once I switched to Lemmy from Reddit, my social media usage dropped about 50%. I am active here, but nowhere near what I was on Reddit. Also, I get a lot less angry.

    After I disabled all the personalization “features” for Android, the news tiles got a lot more boring. It shows major stories that might refresh every other day or so now.

    Getting away from algorithmic news feeds was the best thing that happened in my life.

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    • Toribor@corndog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’d think that eventually companies would realize that (while profitable in the short term) stoking your customers into a frothing rage is bad for business.

      But no, billionaires are building compounds with bunkers and shit while the rest of us doomscroll to oblivion.

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• Nonameuser678@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean isn’t this literally part of Meta’s whole business strategy?

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• danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is this illegal? And can’t the same be said for many video games?

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  • Zrybew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The key difference is that Meta mislead parents, and breached privacy laws by gathering children’s data to further enhance advertising.

    The lawsuit claims that Meta’s platforms were designed to maximize the time children and teenagers spend on its apps using psychologically manipulative features, and falsely portrayed its products as safe, all in an effort to generate profit .

    The lawsuit suggests a perceived lack of transparency and potential violation of federal children’s online privacy laws, which is being challenged in court. This legal action could set a precedent for how digital platforms, including video games, might be regulated in the future, especially regarding features that could be seen as exploitative or harmful to younger users.

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    • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks for the reply. This makes sense. Reminds me of when Facebook got in trouble for emotionally manipulating people for science. I’m sure all that was done for the purpose of refining their algorithm to make it more addictive.

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• isles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Prediction: Meta pays 0.001% of profits in fines, promises not to do it again, every carries on as before, even Meta.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So 33 or 42?

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  • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s confusing:

    Meta is now facing multiple lawsuits on this issue in several districts. Attorneys general from 33 states filed a federal suit against Meta in the Northern District of California, while nine additional attorneys general are filing in their own states

    So 33 federal, and 9 additional at the state level. 42.

    (42’s always the answer, and in this case we actually know the question too.)

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• IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cool now do conservatism

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s

  — Jesus Christ [literally]

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