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'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube could decide the fate of social media (www.techradar.com)
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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

YouTube explicitly has a service for children and I'm sure Facebook discovery would prove they explicitly market for children.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

So YouTube Kids and Facebook Discovery are the only platforms in question then?

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

Discovery is a legal process where you obtain internal documents and depose employees to figure what what they're actually doing.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Facebook specifically was aware that teenage girls were especially harmed by their algorithms, so naturally, instead of reducing that harm, they leaned into it.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

Facebook also makes it very hard as an adult to monitor a teens social media use and protect them. I was working with a teen who was joining dating groups made for adults, and the tools wouldn’t let me see the messages being sent. Wouldn’t let me report the groups.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Wouldn't doubt it if they did market to kids. TV networks did it for decades, every Saturday morning, with no FCC challenges.

PBS had services for children as well. Were Bert and Ernie or Mr. Rogers 'addictive'? I have no idea what YT for children is like, but I wouldn't have handed my kids over to them to babysit without checking them out ... frequently. Corporations exist for one purpose. Will government stop them?