California lawyer: Meta 'actively intervened' in own mental health research

The California deputy attorney-general says Meta "harvests" a lot of data from children, including their posts and interactions, and argues it "misled" the public by saying its social media sites were safe for kids. "Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep kids on them and to keep them coming back, even when they knew it was bad for them," O'Neill says. After listing a number of Meta's internal studies and surveys reflecting children's negative experiences on i