Senators demand documents from Meta on social media harm to children

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding documents about its research into the harm to children from its social media platforms...

"Members of Congress have repeatedly asked Meta for information on its awareness of threats to young people on its platforms and the measures that it has taken, only to be stonewalled and provided non-responsive or misleading information," the senators wrote in a letter...

Newly unsealed disclosures suggest Meta executives' direct knowledge of the harm related to its products and concealment from Congress and the public, supporting former executive Arturo Bjar's testimony to a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, according to the senators...

Dozens of U.S. states are also suing Meta and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive...

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