Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case

Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by ryandvm on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @03:44PM (#47522221)

There should be a law to require the ability to disable algorithmic customization of content. If these apps are so compelling it shouldn't take a Spark cluster riffing on my private viewing habits to come up with content for me.

I don't recall a lot of complaints about Facebook or Instagram when it was actually your friends' content. But now it's force-feeding everybody their own "guilty pleasure" viewing material 24 hours a day. It's fucking sick.

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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by sumedh on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:41AM (#47528401)

> disable algorithmic customization of content.

What does that even mean?

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Re:Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media... by r0bbbo on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:29AM (#47529182)

I assume they mean a similar experience to browsing /r/popular on Reddit. You're getting a feed that isn't tailored to your browsing history, likes or preferences. It's less addicting and the company doesn't need to know anything about you to provide the experience.

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