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.
Considering how their service majorly depends on being mentally unstable…
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
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.
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