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Landmark cases on social media’s impact on children begin this week.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 2/9/26 at 6:54 pm
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Opening arguments began today in a case brought by New Mexico’s attorney general’s office, which alleges that Meta failed to protect children from sexually explicit material. A separate case in Los Angeles, which accuses Meta and the Google-owned YouTube of deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive for children, is set to begin later this weekquote:
TikTok and Snap were also named in the original California lawsuit but later settled under undisclosed terms.
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The New Mexico and California lawsuits are the first of a wave of 40 lawsuits filed by state attorneys general around the US against Meta, specifically, that allege that the social media giant is harming the mental health of young Americans.
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“Meta clearly knew that youth safety was not its corporate priority… that youth safety was less important than growth and engagement.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/9/landmark-cases-on-social-medias-impact-on-children-begin-this-week-in-us
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:05 pm to LSUbest
Problem is the Terms of Service. If you're under 13, every one of these services requires a parent to accept the ToS (yes, I know nobody reads them.)
Also, Meta Quest, for instance, has settings to restrict interactions with anyone that isn't in the kid's friends list. All of the defense attorneys will point to all the things the parents could have done or monitored, and didn't.
Also, Meta Quest, for instance, has settings to restrict interactions with anyone that isn't in the kid's friends list. All of the defense attorneys will point to all the things the parents could have done or monitored, and didn't.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:08 pm to LemmyLives
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If you're under 13, every one of these services requires a parent to accept the ToS (yes, I know nobody reads them.)
This shite reminds me of the 2000 page, pork filled bills that get introduced at like 8 pm the night before they are supposed to vote on it
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:11 pm to LSUbest
If they could truly ban children from social media until 18, that would dramatically improve the mental health of this nation’s youth.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:43 pm to LemmyLives
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If you're under 13,
Ah, the mature age of 13....
Do they verify the age of the user or parent somehow?
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:55 pm to LSUbest
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Ah, the mature age of 13....
Do they verify the age of the user or parent somehow?
The age was set by COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection "rule").
There isn't really a way to verify the ages of people that don't have government identification. Some platforms like Discord are trying to do this by analyzing facial structures, but that's relatively new.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 7:57 pm to LSUbest
the keyboard allows lying and deception......how can that be managed?
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:01 pm to LemmyLives
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There isn't really a way to verify the ages of people that don't have government identification.
So they can't require a credit card or photo ID like porn sites do?
Poor bastards.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:29 pm to oldskule
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the keyboard allows lying and deception......how can that be managed?
Other websites are required by law to verify that the user is an adult. Yes you could get a VPN and bypass state and federal law but then it's on you, not the provider.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 8:50 pm to LemmyLives
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Meta Quest
This about Meta, and YouTube.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 9:02 pm to LSUbest
I think it's harming the mental health of adults as well.
Assuming the lawsuits are about the algorithm, the challenge is, how do you make a company liable for someone's self control?
The apps and algorithms have been demonstrated to be addictive based on brain chemistry. How do you enforce the equivalent of a drinking age on social media when it's just as addictive, if not more?
Assuming the lawsuits are about the algorithm, the challenge is, how do you make a company liable for someone's self control?
The apps and algorithms have been demonstrated to be addictive based on brain chemistry. How do you enforce the equivalent of a drinking age on social media when it's just as addictive, if not more?
Posted on 2/9/26 at 9:35 pm to LSUbest
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which alleges that Meta failed to protect children from sexually explicit material.
Is Meta handing out library books?
Posted on 2/9/26 at 9:55 pm to TerryDawg03
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I think it's harming the mental health of adults as well.
I agree.
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How do you enforce the equivalent of a drinking age on social media when it's just as addictive, if not more?
Good question.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 11:11 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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If they could truly ban children from social media until 18, that would dramatically improve the mental health of this nation’s youth.
THEY are called parents and THEY can easily keep their kids off social media. THEY just choose to give in and be a buddy to their kid instead of a guardian.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 11:18 pm to TerryDawg03
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Assuming the lawsuits are about the algorithm, the challenge is, how do you make a company liable for someone's self control?
Ask Philip Morris. Or Perdue pharma.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:27 am to Henry Jones Jr
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If they could truly ban children from social media until 18, that would dramatically improve the mental health of this nation’s youth
And in order to do that, we'd all have to provide ID to use the Internet.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 4:19 pm to LSUbest
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So they can't require a credit card or photo ID like porn sites do?
How many 13 year olds have driver's licenses, or credit cards in THEIR name? What percentage of you mouth breathers have passports for your kids? 5%? So again, how are you fixing the tween and early teenager problem? Your lack of reading skills are really fricking impressive.
Verifying the age of the parent does nothing, so try again, Mr. Special Needs. Every loser parent that throws screens at their 18 month olds will verify their 9 year old as 16 or 18, because he'll whine and say all his friend's parents do it!
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 4:20 pm
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