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Meta is under fire in federal court as four states sue for billions, accusing Instagram and Facebook of being intentionally addictive and fueling a youth mental health crisis. Prosecutors claim Meta engineered features to hook teens, demanding sweeping platform changes. Meta counters with safety tools like age filters and content warnings, but critics say these are often reactive, poorly implemented, or ineffective—designed more for optics than real protection. The lawsuit also targets platform design itself, calling infinite scrolling and notifications “attention-capture deceptive designs” that exploit young brains. While Meta offers voluntary time management nudges, former employees and researchers argue they’re easily ignored and built to fail. This landmark case marks a shift toward holding tech giants accountable for the addictive nature of their products—and could force major business model overhauls to protect younger users.

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