Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege | CNN Business
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.

Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court documents allege::Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lieutenants, according to internal communications made public as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company.

      • beckerist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        30·
        1 year ago

        If keeping people mentally stable was profitable…Their entire profit generation is by keeping people emotional, putting people into bubbles and selling to them. Teenagers and younger are a prime target to sell to if you keep them emotional.

        That’s their entire gameplan, it’s how they make money. This goes for every demographic but I’m sure 10-16 year olds are a huge market that they don’t want known

        • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          25·
          1 year ago

          I once watched IG Reels for about 10 min. It feels just like I’m some kind of test subject, evaluated based on my reaction and fed triggers that would get the best test result. How is it “social” when you have nearly 0 control over what you get?

          It is very concerning. It feels no different to a slot machine. I try my best to not sound like a douche christian mom shitting on MTV but something needs to be done.

          • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            1 year ago

            Its not any different than a slot machine. But no gambling allowed for under-aged folks. Only a social “tool” weaponizing peer pressure and all the worst parts of Western individualiam/alienation is good enough for our children

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      The site was always built on “The Skinner Box” model, where you get those sweet sweet dopamine hits. Even back in 2010-2011 it was like that, my girlfriend was literally addicted to checking Facebook. She couldn’t go more than about 5-10 minutes without checking her wall/feed.

      I had an account back when I started to open up in 2005-2006 and it’s a completely different beast now. At least back then it was about social interaction with people at your university and not a virtual drug machine.