Social media addiction among teens and children is cause for concern for many parents and now, at least 35 states are doing something about it. A coalition of representatives are suing Meta for its marketing practice and addictive features that often leave young people distracted and disengaged from reality.
The CEOs of three popular tech companies have been subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ordered the heads of Discord, Snap and X to testify at a hearing on protecting children online.
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.