Tag: Meta
Meta will cover up the suicide and eating disorder content in teens because of government pressure
Social media platform Meta has announced that teens will be able to hide content in sensitive categories on their accounts. They will also be able to have their settings changed to make them less Interested in certain kinds of content on social media. The change affects recommended posts in Search and Explore that can be sensitive or low-quality.
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The US states say that social media products ruin teens mental health
A group of 40 US states and the District of Columbia sued Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta, alleging they failed to protect young users from harmful content. They alleged that Facebook knew about Meta’s plans to have a ‘Like’ button on Instagram but kept it anyway. The states added that they also learned about Meta’s plans in an internal Facebook leak.
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