Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids WWW.CNBC.COM The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm. Quote A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general is suing Meta, alleging that features on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms are addictive and are aimed at kids and teens, the group announced Tuesday. The support from so many state attorneys general of different political backgrounds indicates a significant legal challenge to Meta’s business. 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, according to a press release from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office. Besides New York, the states that filed the federal suit include California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin. The lawsuits are another demonstration of the bipartisan priority state law enforcers have placed on protecting kids and teens from online harm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Is Google next? Youtube is fucking kids up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 1 minute ago, cusideabelincoln said: Is Google next? Youtube is fucking kids up. This specific issue isn't one of the lawsuits that has been filed by the states against Google though I can imagine that it's probably under consideration/investigation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said: Is Google next? Youtube is fucking kids up. Never thought I’d be the parent banning seemingly innocuous shit but YT has been banned for my kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Reading through the complaint now, and the part that stands out to me is are the allegations that Meta broke the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). That should be a fairly straightforward case to make that is clearly violating a specific standard. Sure, there are nuances there with opt-in vs opt out, the amount of effort they're obligated to put into obtaining records and how exactly the data collected is used, but it's law that outlines what they should be doing and if Meta didn't handle all that correctly, these Attorney's General should be able to show that. The rest of the complaint is far from straightforward and seems like a difficult case for government to make. I'm sure that they'll be able to show that Meta built their business to maximize attention, but going on to show that Meta specifically developed harmful features that they knew were dangerous is a higher bar to clear. Some of the features they're specifically going after are Likes, notifications, and infinite scrolling. Those aren't so much unique harms that Meta employs as they are fundamentals of social media. There will be a lot about what Meta knows and when they knew it, but while whistleblowers have long since leaked some of the worse bits of their internal research, Meta has been putting out tons of other research to the contrary for years. It's easy to imagine Zuck on the stand saying that when he gets 1 data point in direction A and 5 points in direction B, he's more inclined to believe B. I'm sure there's plenty more in there that I might get around to, but I had to laugh at when they argue that Meta is "expanding the use of these new practices into new Platforms and domains. This includes, for example, Meta's Virtual Reality Metaverse, where young users are immersed into Meta's new Horizon Worlds platform;" I don't doubt that Meta is doing whatever they can to keep people using Horizon Worlds, but it's famously a flop that they've recently lowered their already low expectations on. Bringing up Horizon Worlds is like bringing up the Wii U when you're trying to show how successful Nintendo had been with the Wii. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Cash out of social media while you can, it's all going back to small circles like Discord (which is basically IRC again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 9 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Never thought I’d be the parent banning seemingly innocuous shit but YT has been banned for my kids. Too many pregnant Elsa and Barbie videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Too many pregnant Elsa and Barbie videos? Nah just like annoying 20-somethings scream reacting to whatever video game they’re playing or video they’re watching. Really boring shit. My oldest turns into an absolute monster after even half an hour watching that stuff. Won’t turn it off or react to you. Screams and cries when you force him to. And he’ll sit and watch for hours if you let him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 10 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Too many pregnant Elsa and Barbie videos? One day you will find out about blippi and question why?!?! I’ve come to accept baby shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 The entirety of Youtube could be wiped from the internet and nothing of value would be lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 We really are past the peak of the entirety of the internet. Bo Burnham got it 100% right with this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: The entirety of Youtube could be wiped from the internet and nothing of value would be lost. There’s so much helpful DIY shit on YouTube that deleting everything would be a huge loss for that reason alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 22 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: The entirety of Youtube could be wiped from the internet and nothing of value would be lost. My Armored Core videos are valuable 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: The entirety of Youtube could be wiped from the internet and nothing of value would be lost. I think you might be looking at the wrong content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 1 hour ago, chakoo said: One day you will find out about blippi and question why?!?! I’ve come to accept baby shark. I miss Blippi compared to the shit he watches now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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