Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was warned on social media addiction, filing shows


An unredacted version filed over the weekend in federal court in Oakland, California, offers details about how much engineers and others, including Zuckerberg, knew about the harms of social media and their misgivings about it. — Reuters

Employees at Meta Platforms Inc and ByteDance Inc were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, court filings show.

The revelations were disclosed in a lawsuit over social media addiction that had been filed previously but with key portions sealed from public view. An unredacted version filed over the weekend in federal court in Oakland, California, offers details about how much engineers and others, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, knew about the harms of social media and their misgivings about it.

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