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Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation

Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation

giuliomagnifico

Comments (90)

  • mrwh
    Meta wants to be an impartial platform only and exactly when it suits them to be.
  • Xeoncross
    As an aside, class-action lawsuits seem less than ideal for the public. The awards benefit the lawyers and perhaps a small handful, but the actual plaintiffs only get $0.05. In addition, successful class-action suits prevent further litigation from being allowed for the same issue.Individuals bringing their own lawsuits seems like it would affect better change as 1) the award money would be better distributed instead of concentrated and 2) the amounts levied against the companies would be higher and more of concern than the class-action slap-on-the-wrist they currently get.
  • bilekas
    > "We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful."Wow.. That is quite a statement. Am I right in saying that in order to claim for the class action lawsuit, which facebook has been 'found negligent', that the victims need to take an action collectively in order to claim ? IE They need to be reached somehow to inform them of the possibility ?Seems the most obvious place to advertise would be Meta.I understand Meta can basically do whatever they like with their ToS but the statement from the Meta spokesperson seems like an extremely bad idea.
  • glaslong
    Thus begins another Streisand Effect meme campaign of"MZ Is A Punk-Ass Bpayed for by Person & Guy LLP"
  • fdeage
    "Anxiety. Depression. Withdrawal. Self-harm. These aren't just teenage phases — they're symptoms linked to social media addiction in children."Seems like they couldn't write even three lines without a LLM.
  • bastard_op
    I wonder what would happen posting these ads to truth social and twitter.
  • anon
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  • pcardoso
    Reminds me of Carl Sagan’s Contact, where Haden, the millionaire funding Ellie’s work, made a TV ad blocker and then sued the TV companies when they refused to play ads for his product.I wonder if that is what will happen next.
  • josefritzishere
    So they remove class action lawsuits but not pedos. Got it.
  • HumblyTossed
    Do photogs do that on purpose, or does Zuck really always have that sociopath stare?
  • neuroelectron
    Reminds me of ChatGPT insisting all news about OpenAI is unverified speculation.
  • k33n
    The idea that Meta is obligated to be so impartial that it must allow lawsuits against itself to be promoted on its own platform is a bit naive and utopian.Its own TOS states that they won’t allow that.
  • guywithahat
    There is a humor that these law firms won a case against Meta and the first thing they did is give them advertising money won from the court case. That said the ads sound pretty aggressive, and from what I've read it sounds like it wasn't a very fair decision. I understand the conflict of interest but I have sympathies for Meta here