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Re:Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms t... by groundzeros2015 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @10:58AM (#49450337)
The comment above says that Facebook “raped” children’s minds. When really it failed to protect children from the dangers of the internet.

The dishonesty of not acknowledging the existing problems with the internet, suggests we are trying to scapegoat Facebook.

Discord for example is contributing to this.

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Re:Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms t... by peezd on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @11:42AM (#49451109)
there's a difference between allowing exposure to unsafe content, against systematically and deliberately doing everything their psychologist/behavior economists could do to make sure kids were addicted to the product.
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Re:Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms t... by groundzeros2015 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @04:52PM (#49455748)
It sounds like you’re saying “sophisticated marketing”. Can you distinguish that from marketing that say McDonald’s does towards kids?
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