Overview

• Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, knowingly allowed millions of underage users on its platforms, according to a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of 33 states.
• Meta allegedly received over 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on Instagram since early 2019, but only disabled a fraction of those accounts.
• The company is accused of continuing to collect children's personal information, including their locations and email addresses, without parental permission, in violation of a federal children's privacy law.
• Internal documents suggest that Meta was aware that its platform is addictive for teens, with researchers stating that teens are 'insatiable when it comes to ‘feel good’ dopamine effects.'
• Meta's own data revealed that a third of teen girls say Instagram makes their body image worse, and that 17% said it worsened eating issues.