{"id":11010,"date":"2023-10-27T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=11010"},"modified":"2023-10-27T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:00:54","slug":"an-effort-to-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/an-effort-to-like\/","title":{"rendered":"An Effort to \u201cLike\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years, social media has been scrutinized and criticized as one of the driving forces behind youth bullying, self-esteem issues, and poor mental health.\u00a0 Now, a federal lawsuit and subsequent state lawsuits have targeted Meta, the corporate owner of Facebook and Instagram, for employing dangerous tactics and features for drawing teenagers and children into its social media apps.\u00a0 The lawsuits suggest that the specific methods of encouraging continued use have contributed to a deterioration of mental health in its users.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To help regulate the influence of social media platforms, New York legislators have proposed ideas that would allow them to oversee algorithms that target younger users.\u00a0 The legislation would allow the government to maintain a level of control over Meta and any similar social media companies.\u00a0 According to the lawsuit, the features that have shown to negatively impact<\/a> teenagers and children include content suggestions and alerts that promote compulsive revisiting of the apps, \u201clike\u201d features that may influence the need to compare, and editing tools that allow users to filter images.\u00a0 The latter example may prove to contribute to body dysmorphia and the possible damage of physical health.\u00a0 These arguably deceptive techniques for promoting obsessive, around-the-clock use violate federal and state law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the contrary, Meta has responded to the claims presented in the lawsuit and contends that the technology is geared toward protecting youth users and offering options for parental controls.\u00a0 For example, teenagers and children may undergo age verification steps, may limit their susceptibility to the widespread exposure of sensitive content, and may utilize Quiet Mode and Take A Break tools that remind them to take social media breaks.\u00a0 If a younger user searches for or posts content that involves eating disorders or self-harm, expert resources and family support tools are available.\u00a0 Law makers have countered these efforts with the claim that Meta has known about the effects of social media for quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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