A federal court ruled that Facebook parent Meta can't use attorney-client privilege to block internal documents and research related to teen harm, Bloomberg Law reported. The decision is a setback to Meta in its lawsuits against multiple states that accused the company of making its platforms addictive despite knowing they were harmful to teenagers. <br /> Judge Yvonne Williams of the Washington, DC Superior Court found that Meta's lawyers advised employees to "remove," "block," "button up" or "limit" portions of internal studies on the harm of social media to teens' mental health, in order to limit the company's legal liability. The court said that this advice appeared to be an attempt to cover up or alter information, mea [...]
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Meta allegedly suspended internal research into the mental health effects of its products after it showed that people who stopped using Facebook experienced less depression, anxiety and loneliness. Th [...]
Meta is re-training its AI and adding new protections to keep teen users from discussing harmful topics with the company's chatbots. The company says it's adding new "guardrails as an e [...]