Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee tells jury
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Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that Meta Platforms’ leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform’s impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximize profit from young users. Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictiveAn attorney for Meta countered that the company has been transparent about the risks teens face on Instagram and the amount of dangerous content that it finds. Here’s why it falls shortHuff urged jurors to consider whether Meta should bear sole responsibility for societal problems such as suicide, child exploitation and addiction.
- ▪Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that Meta Platforms’ leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform’s impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximize profit from young u
- ▪Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictiveAn attorney for Meta countered that the company has been transparent about the risks teens face on Instagram and the amount of dangerous content that it fi
- ▪Here’s why it falls shortHuff urged jurors to consider whether Meta should bear sole responsibility for societal problems such as suicide, child exploitation and addiction.
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- ▪ Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee lawyers tell jury — the Guardian
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- ▪ Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee tells jury — Channel NewsAsia
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Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that Meta Platforms’ leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform’s impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximize profit from young users. During opening statements in a seven-week trial in state court in Tennessee, the state’s lawyers said Meta researchers repeatedly flagged that some teenagers were compulsively using the platform, leading to eating disorders, depression and self-harm.But despite those warnings, Meta did not disable features such as autoplay, notifications and infinite scroll that, the lawyers said, were designed to keep teens on Instagram as long as possible and increase the number of ads they viewed.
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