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00:03 Report | Warner Poland
00:18 Lennon Torres | Child safety advocate
01:55 Nora Freeman Engstrom | Stanford Law School Professor

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0:01 - 0:16
The lawsuit filed against Meta accuses the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis. It accuses Meta of knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its social media apps.

0:16 - 0:49
2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) Child safety advocate, Lennon Torres, SAYING:       
"And it is time that the public sees what the executives at Meta have known all along: that their products are designed to addict and harm children. For years, we have been gaslit by safety feature updates that often end up buried, missing, or broken altogether. And today, we're here to say enough is enough, and it's time for transparency and accountability. There is nothing inherently social about these platforms. Instagram is not social media; it is a predator-enabling engagement farm."

0:49 - 1:15

States are demanding upwards of 1 Trillion dollars in damages and key operational changes including:

•	parental verification for teenage users
•	change 'dopamine-manipulating recommendation algorithms'
•	remove appearance altering photo filters
•	end autoplay of video content
•	prohibit multiple accounts
•	end disappearing or 'ephemeral posts'
1:15 - 1:21
Meta however says it believes it has a strong case.

1:21 - 1:41
((Zitat Tafel - Source: Meta))
“We are proud of our record in protecting teens on our platforms and the amount of effort that we’ve put into developing protections over the years, even before these cases were ever filed, and continuing to the present day. We look forward to showing the judge and the jury those facts in court,”

1:41 - 1:46
But many industry observers don't share Meta's optimism.

1:46 - 1:57
5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) STANFORD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR, NORA FREEMAN ENGSTROM, SAYING:
“It's a huge threat to the company. Some folks have been throwing around the word 'existential', and I think that's a fair word for this lawsuit.”

1:57  - 2:11
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stand in the next weeks, but the case is already being compared to landmark big tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s and the more recent opiods litigation.