Facebook needs to fix the problem. Zuckerberg is guilty of heinous crimes. https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ran-ads-that-contained-ai-g...

It's laundering even more support for the age certification system they already wanted. So, yes.

"Journalist discovers regulatory capture"

Paying pocket change over the course of 10 years certainly didn't hurt Meta. So what was the point really? To further embolden companies to do whatever they want and at worst they get a slap on the wrist? The US legal system is a joke.

I think our justice system is arguably the bad guy here.

Parents need to tell their kids to put the phone down.

Instead they abnegate this duty, and lawyers treat Facebook like a money piñata.

Doritos make people fat, so why shouldn't we sue Frito Lay for billions?

Cars allow you to drive fast and crash, let's sue carmakers.

And so on...

Our justice system is just one big scam. It finds a big, rich corporation, greedy plaintiffs looking for a lottery ticket, and a "jury of peers" in friendly jurisdiction.

Facebook sucks but if your child is addicted to their phone take the phone away.

The litigation lottery our legal system has devolved into is a total joke. This is a nightmare for second and third order effects.

Related:

Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448819