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Meta and TikTok are once again in hot water for allegedly failing to protect minors or limit their use on the platforms. The Collective Defense Institute, a consumer rights group in Brazil , has issued two lawsuits against Meta , TikTok and Kwai, another short video platform from China, to the sound of three billion reais ,
The lawsuits pull from some of the studies demonstrating the risk of social media use. It orders Meta and co. to clearly issue warnings about how platform addiction can negatively impact minors' mental health. It also calls for the companies to lay out detailed data protection mechanisms. "It is urgent that measures be adopted in order to change the way the algorithm works, the processing of data from users under 18, and the way in which teenagers aged 13 and over are supervised and their accounts created, in order to ensure a safer, healthier experience...as is already the case in developed countries," said Lillian Salgado, a lawyer and one of the plaintiffs.for not protecting children in a claim that both Facebook and Instagram suggested sexual content to minors.
A statement from Meta said it wants"young people to have safe and age-appropriate experiences on our apps, and we have been working on these issues for over a decade, developing more than 50 tools, resources, and features to support teens and their guardians." for refusing to block profiles that the government claimed promoted election misinformation. The company eventually paid a 28 million reais .
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