From The New York Times: How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say

Facebook - and related sites - are being sued by 45 states. According to state attorney generals they are using the courts to prevent the parent company - Meta - from undermining child mental health with it products. Meta profits from child and teenaged users of its products, but the mental health consequences are passed on to the general society. 

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A few key words and phrases from the article. 

- lawsuits
- attorneys general of 45 states and the District of Columbia
- deceiving the public about the hazards

- child welfare.
- children on social media can be sexually solicited, harassed, bullied, body-shamed and algorithmically induced into compulsive online use.
- United States surgeon general
- Congress
- Kids Online Safety Act
- motions to dismiss their lawsuits.

- teenage mental health
- filters
- Instagram Kids