{"id":2077723,"date":"2023-10-24T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forty-one-states-sue-meta-alleging-facebook-and-instagram-are-addictive-and-harm-children\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:38:29","slug":"forty-one-states-sue-meta-alleging-facebook-and-instagram-are-addictive-and-harm-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forty-one-states-sue-meta-alleging-facebook-and-instagram-are-addictive-and-harm-children\/","title":{"rendered":"41 states sue Meta, claiming Facebook and Instagram are addictive and harmful to kids."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforty-one-states-sue-meta-alleging-facebook-and-instagram-are-addictive-and-harm-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2077723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>41 States and Washington, D.C. Sue Meta for Allegedly Addicting\u2063 Young Users<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Forty-one states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit\u2064 against \u2062Meta on Tuesday, alleging it \u200ddesigned and deployed features to Facebook\u2063 and Instagram to\u2062 addict younger users \u2064for profit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit, which was \u200dfiled in \u2063the U.S. District Court for the\u2063 Northern District of California, alleged \u200bMeta \u2062hid \u200bthe \u200camount of damage that\u2064 its apps caused\u200c to teenagers and youth, including addictive behaviors and physical harm.<\/p>\n<h3>Housing Disaster \u2062Threatens Economy in Front of Biden&#8217;s Eyes<\/h3>\n<p>The suit is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-sued-over-nashville-trans-shooters-manifesto\/\" title=\"FBI faces lawsuit for Nashville trans shooter's manifesto.\">latest legal action<\/a> \u200din a barrage of filings against Big Tech companies trying to hold them accountable for their\u200d effects on teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that children,\u200c when they\u2019re on these platforms, \u200dbecome vulnerable \u2062to\u2064 cyberbullying and online\u200b predators, Meta\u200c has added insult to injury, further injuring our children,\u201d Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in \u2062a statement. \u2064\u201cI trust \u2062that the parents\u2064 within Meta itself \u200cmight\u200d reconsider these practices, but until then, initiating lawsuits should compel the company to change its ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The \u2064Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This story is developing and will be updated. Check in later for more.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u2064specific claims does the lawsuit make about the harm inflicted on teenagers by Facebook and \u200cInstagram?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In a significant legal move, forty-one states along\u2064 with Washington, D.C. have collectively filed a \u2062lawsuit against Meta, formerly known as Facebook, and its subsidiary Instagram. The lawsuit, which was lodged on Tuesday in the U.S. District \u2064Court\u200c for the\u2062 Northern District of California, accuses Meta of intentionally designing and deploying features \u2064on\u200c their platforms that addict <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-commerce-subcommittee-holds-mental-health-and-social-media-hearing\/\" title=\"Senate Commerce Subcommittee holds mental health and social media hearing\">young users<\/a>\u2064 with the sole intention of\u2063 generating revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges \u200cthat Meta deliberately concealed \u2064the extent of the damage caused by their apps to teenage users. It asserts that addictive behaviors and physical harm have been inflicted\u200c upon youngsters by their constant use \u200dof Facebook and Instagram. \u2062This \u2062legal action is part of a wider campaign aimed at holding Big Tech companies accountable for the harmful effects their platforms \u200chave \u200bon teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, expressing\u2062 concern for the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forty-one-states-sue-meta-alleging-facebook-and-instagram-are-addictive-and-harm-children\/\" title=\"41 states sue Meta, claiming Facebook and Instagram are addictive and harmful to kids.\">vulnerable position children find<\/a> themselves in while on these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-celebrate-medicare-anniversary-with-attacks-on-republicans\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats mark Medicare anniversary by criticizing Republicans.\">social media\u200d platforms<\/a>, criticized Meta for exacerbating their predicament. He\u200c stated, &#8220;Given \u200cthat children, when they\u2019re on these platforms, become vulnerable to cyberbullying \u200dand online\u2062 predators, Meta\u200d has added insult to injury, further injuring our\u200c children. I trust that the\u200b parents within Meta itself might reconsider \u2064these \u200bpractices, but until then, initiating lawsuits should compel the company to change its ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit marks an important \u2062step in addressing the impact of social media on young users. \u200cIt \u200chighlights the responsibility that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-that-is-wrong-with-fox-news-in-one-brit-hume-tweet\/\" title=\"Everything That Is Wrong with FOX News in One Brit Hume Tweet\u2026\">tech giants<\/a> like Meta have in ensuring the well-being and safety of the individuals who use their\u2064 platforms. It is hoped that this legal action\u2062 will\u2064 lead to more stringent regulations \u2063and safeguards being implemented in order to protect the younger generation from the negative consequences of addictive social \u2062media\u2063 use.<\/p>\n<p>As this \u2064story\u200c develops, further updates will be provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-one states and Washington, D.C., sued Meta, accusing it of intentionally addicting young users to Facebook and Instagram for financial gain. 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