The suit follows reports based on Meta’s own research that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers — especially girls — when it comes to mental health and body image issues.
Updated: 2 minutes agoMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicks off the tech giant's Connect developer conference Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Menlo Park, Calif.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law. The broad-ranging suit is the result of an investigation led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont. It follows damning newspaper reports, first by The Wall Street Journal in the fall of 2021, based on the Meta’s own research that found that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers — especially teen girls — when it comes to mental health and body image issues.
The use of social media among teens is nearly universal in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. Up to 95% of youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S. report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying they use social media “almost constantly,” according to the Pew Research Center.
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