{"id":180478,"date":"2023-10-25T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=180478"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:03:59","slug":"while-meta-pushes-into-ai-34-states-file-suit-over-child-manipulation-claims-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/while-meta-pushes-into-ai-34-states-file-suit-over-child-manipulation-claims-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"While Meta Pushes Into AI, 34 States File Suit Over Child Manipulation Claims – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While Meta works to align its fortunes with the AI gold rush\u2014most recently introducing celebrity-inspired chatbots with whom users can interact\u2014it remains on the hook for a more fundamental problem with its business model: kids love its platforms.<\/p>\n

A coalition of 34 U.S. states is now suing the social media giant, alleging that Facebook and Instagram are inappropriately manipulating the children who use them.<\/p>\n

Attorney generals from states including California, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Louisiana accuse Meta of using its algorithms to encourage compulsive use and harm children\u2019s mental health with features like the \u201cLike\u201d button, according to a report in Deadline<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

The over 200-page lawsuit<\/a> called Meta\u2019s claims of a safe experience for young users false and misleading.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past decade, Meta\u2014itself and through its flagship Social Media Platforms Facebook and Instagram (its Social Media Platforms or Platforms)\u2014has profoundly altered the psychological and social realities of a generation of young Americans,\u201d the legal filing reads. \u201cMeta has harnessed powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage, and ultimately ensnare youth and teens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meta has already harnessed AI to address trust and safety issues on its platforms, including moderating harmful content<\/a>, preventing adults from harassing minors<\/a> via private messages, and detecting and removing<\/a> child exploitation content.<\/p>\n

In a response provided to\u00a0Decrypt<\/i>, a Meta spokesperson said the company has the same concerns as the state attorneys general relating to safe, positive experiences for young people, saying it has “already introduced over 30 tools to support teens and their families.”<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens use, the attorneys general have chosen this path,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

Meta further asserted that research on social media’s negative impact is inconclusive and does not support the suggestion that social media use causes teen mental health issues. The company also said it allows users to hide like counts so they don\u2019t show others like counts on posts.<\/p>\n

Meta said it had made several changes so \u201cteens can express themselves in a safe environment,\u201d including age verification, automatically setting teens’ accounts to private, automated interventions that prevents suspicious adults from engaging with teens, and not allowing content that promotes suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the government plaintiffs are moving forward with litigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis action is in the public interest of the filing states,\u201d the attorneys general write. \u201cMeta\u2019s unlawful acts and practices affect a significant number of consumers in the filing states [and] hese acts and practices have caused and will continue to cause adverse effects to consumers in the filing states.\u201d<\/p>\n

The states\u2019 attorneys demand damages, restitution, and compensation in varying amounts for each state listed in the filing, ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 per alleged incident.<\/p>\n

Meta says the best path forward is to develop broad and universal policies that apply to all social platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issues identified by the attorneys general lend themselves to cross-industry standards for young people and the need to work with companies across the industry in addressing these topics,\u201d Meta said in an email.<\/p>\n

Meta is one of several tech behemoths, including Microsoft and Google, investing heavily in generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

In September, during its annual Meta Connect conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced several new AI-driven applications<\/a> being added to its suite of social media platforms, including 28 AI characters<\/a> for users to interact with played by Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, Kendall Jenner, and Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n

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While Meta works to align its fortunes with the AI gold rush\u2014most recently introducing celebrity-inspired chatbots with whom users can interact\u2014it remains on the hook for a more fundamental problem with its business model: kids love its platforms. A coalition of 34 U.S. states is now suing the social media giant, alleging that Facebook and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-180478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180480,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180478\/revisions\/180480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}