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Meta to pay $23 billion to settle teen social media addiction cases (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 days ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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Meta has settled a landmark court battle over teen social media addiction by agreeing to pay $23.6 billion and adding further child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram apps.

The agreement came ahead of Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg being expected to take the stand before a jury in federal court.

Meta is urging competitors like TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar measures.

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[–] T4peMeasure@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 child)

a somewhat alternative view that i find amazing: https://reclaimthenet.org/the-meta-settlement-what-it-means-for-speech-and-privacy. seems Meta is ok with the big $23Billion settlement because it will give them more profit in the future.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

I bet you're not surprised. I'm not either.

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[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Evil generates profit, and capital funds evil. It's a feedback loop. They use their resources to condition us to serve them, directly or indirectly. We need drastic change.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 2 days ago

Totally agree.

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