u/Whichcar7429

30 states are suing META. This is the biggest lawsuit yet, and is basically attempting to bankrupt META by suing them for $1.4 trillion or their entire net worth.

I think this is really just an attempt to force age verification/digital ID onto people.

And, most relevantly for this sub, it’s almost impossible to see what they’ve shown META to do that every other company in existence doesn’t also do. They’re basically suing META for being a capitalist company in a capitalist society that tries to make money. They’ve shown that META tries to “addict” people and get people to use META products for longer than they should? It’s like, my God, do they not realize that every company in existence is basically trying to “addict” people”? Do they not realize that everything from TV to McDonald’s to your local restaurant to yo-yos to toy cars to video games is also trying to addict people?

It’s so stupid, especially given that I doubt that these 30 state AGs are some across the board anti-capitalists.

https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/social-media/new-suit-against-meta-and-instagram-alleges-the-platforms-are-designed-to-addict

This is the real deal compared to the KGM “addiction” trial or the New Mexico trial.

The states are seeking a whopping $1.4 trillion in damages, in addition to attempting to force META to change various features (including forcing META to implement age verification and parental consent for teens.)

META’s total value is $1.5 trillion, so they’re seeking 93% of META’s total value.

If META loses this, that’s might be the end of anybody under 18 being allowed on Instagram or Threads. (Or being allowed on Facebook either, not that anybody under 55 uses Facebook.) Tgey might choose to just ban people under 18 from the platform rather than risk another lawsuit with such ridiculously heavy losses.

The case is being heard by Yvonne Rodgers, an Obama appointee. There’s an advisory 8 member jury, but the verdict will be solely Rodgers’ decision.

In a normal universe, this case would be laughed out of court, but this is not a normal universe.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyqpx6xk69o

The odds of this occurring by pure chance are one in 3.21 trillion.

The authors of the study claimed this was a coincidence in order to get this paper published. But, really, I’m not sure why they’d even have bothered writing this paper if they really thought it was a coincidence.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.834808/full

This is getting so absurd. You can get a driving permit at 14 in Iowa. Yet here this guy is suggesting you should need to be 16 to go on social media. It would almost seem funny if this wasn’t an actual policy proposal that politicians are proposing.

Alas, this guy is currently the favorite to win the general election, despite Iowa being a Republican state.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/07/27/democrat-rob-sand-calls-for-social-media-age-limit-in-kids-tech-safety-plan/

Of course, his wealth has exploded into the trillions since then.

My prior thread mistitled this, so I’m reposting.

A dermatologist talks about how woke he is.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12646532/