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Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids (www.cnbc.com)
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Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids::The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.

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[โ€“] remotelove@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once I switched to Lemmy from Reddit, my social media usage dropped about 50%. I am active here, but nowhere near what I was on Reddit. Also, I get a lot less angry.

After I disabled all the personalization "features" for Android, the news tiles got a lot more boring. It shows major stories that might refresh every other day or so now.

Getting away from algorithmic news feeds was the best thing that happened in my life.

[โ€“] Toribor@corndog.social 8 points 1 year ago

You'd think that eventually companies would realize that (while profitable in the short term) stoking your customers into a frothing rage is bad for business.

But no, billionaires are building compounds with bunkers and shit while the rest of us doomscroll to oblivion.