33 AGs sue Meta for ' exploitative and harmful acts' against American children

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33 AGs sue Meta for ' exploitative and harmful acts' against American children
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Cracks down on the so-called four-pronged process of luring the youth

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Partially redacted but includes"while routinely publishing misleading reports boasting a deceptively low incidence of user harms," Among the harmful features of Facebook and Instagram singled out in the lawsuit are"dopamine-manipulating" recommendation algorithms, social comparison features, likes, audiovisual and haptic alerts, visual filters"known to promote young users' body dysmorphia," and infinite scrolling, which the AGs allege discourages young users'"attempts to self-regulate and disengage with Meta's platforms.

"Our bipartisan investigation has arrived at a solemn conclusion: Meta has been harming our children and teens, cultivating addiction to boost corporate profits,""With today's lawsuit, we are drawing the line. We must protect our children and we will not back down from this fight. I am grateful for the collaboration of my fellow state attorneys general in standing up for our children and holding Meta accountable."to the Washington Post, AGs from Washington, D.C.

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