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Court Orders Meta to Establish $567 Million Fund to Abate Harms to Youth
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Rimu piefed.social rimu@piefed.social
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The court found Meta's platforms created a public nuisance by contributing to the youth mental health crisis and by facilitating child sexual exploitation. It ordered a range of remedies, including the creation of a $567 million abatement fund to finance various measures intended to address the harms to the public.

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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I mean, yes, good, but I also feel like this is something that the government should be doing and they should be prosecuting social media that harms people

Like, I know it sounds crazy, but it should not be on the companies that are destroying America to protect America. It should be the government's job to protect America, and the companies should be punished for any harm they cause.

The companies don't run the government, so why is the government off-loading its responsibility to the companies? Fuck.

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PunnyName lemmy.world PunnyName@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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I mean, yes, good, but I also feel like this is something that the government should be doing and they should be prosecuting social media that harms people Like, I know it sounds crazy, but it should not be on the companies that are destroying America to protect America. It should be the government's job to protect America, and the companies should be punished for any harm they cause. The compa...

Yeah, Meta shouldn't exist after this ruling.

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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Yeah, Meta shouldn't exist after this ruling.

If Hasbro's products started making kids kill themselves, they would be shut down.

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