41 states sue Meta for allegedly addicting kids to Facebook and Instagram

State attorneys general in 41 states and the District of Columbia sued Meta today. The move comes after the conclusion of a multistate probe launched in 2021, where a bipartisan coalition of state enforcers began examining how Facebook and Instagram features are designed to allegedly addict and harm kids.

Back in 2021, the Massachusetts attorney general's office led the multistate probe investigating Instagram's impacts on young people" after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that Facebook knew Instagram was toxic" to teen girls but downplayed risks to the public. In a press release today, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell accused Meta of deliberately" exploiting young users' vulnerabilities for profit."

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