Illinois among states suing Meta, claiming social platforms harm children
CHICAGO -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined dozens of other states in a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc., claiming the social media platforms are knowingly addictive and harm children's mental health.A lawsuit filed by 33 states in federal court in California, claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents' consent, in violation of federal law.
It follows damning newspaper reports, first by The Wall Street Journal in the fall of 2021, based on the Meta's own research that found that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers â especially teen girls â when it comes to mental health and body image issues. One internal study cited 13.5% of teen girls saying Instagram makes thoughts of suicide worse and 17% of teen girls saying it makes eating disorders worse.
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