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Meta knowingly hooked children and misled public, prosecutors tell court

Meta knowingly hooked children and misled public, prosecutors tell court
France 24
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US prosecutors accused Meta of deliberately designing Instagram and Facebook to addict young users, in what experts have termed social media's "big tobacco moment." A coalition of states is seeking approximately $200 billion in penalties against the social media giant.

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Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media's "big tobacco moment," a coalition of states is asking that Meta be penalised by around $200 billion for designing products addictive to children.

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