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Meta Trial Exposes Teen Addiction Tactics | Salt Lake City News
Meta’s social media empire is under fire in a landmark California trial, as four states accuse the company of engineering its platforms to addict young users—prioritizing engagement over safety. With 25 more states poised to join, prosecutors paint a damning picture using internal documents and whistleblower testimony, including former engineer Arturo Béjar, who claims Zuckerberg fostered a culture that ignored child protection. Meta counters by calling the evidence cherry-picked and out of context, but key testimony and legal findings—including a preliminary COPPA violation—could force the…
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