Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Opposition]: In 2023… Meta's researchers launched a longitudinal study to follow 4,000 U.S. teenagers over the academic year. The goal of this survey was to measure teens' attentiveness ("Possible unintended, unaware, and/or habitual use") and capability ("Pe…
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
Specifically, with accounts clearly belonging to children, Meta has:
• Proactively served and directed them to a stream of egregious, sexually explicit images through recommended users and posts – even where the child has expressed no interest in this content;…
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Opposition]: In 2021, a renewed request to address "concerns about the impact of [Meta's] products on young people's mental health," was met with a Meta executive's acknowledgment that there was a "very low-likelihood that Mark chooses to fund more here."
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Complaint]: Even though "this is the kind of thing that pisses Apple off to the extent of threatening to remove us from the App Store," as of mid-2020, Meta had no timeline for "when we'll stop adults from messaging minors in IG Direct."
That remained true e…
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Complaint]: Instagram heavily emphasized content that promoted negative appearance comparison. Fashion and beauty, relationships, "[w]estern pop stars who emphasize their bodies," and images that "emphasize women's bodies generally (e.g., cleavage, swimwear)"…
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
[Complaint]: Only one out of every fifty pieces of content is actually "age-appropriate nutritious, or the sort of content we would like to promote to teens."
Allegations, not findings. Open the quoted internal records to read the source.
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Sources: published internal records, unsealed discovery exhibits and court filings in MDL 3047 and related litigation. An allegation in a filing is not an independently verified fact.
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