Meta Researchers Privately Compared Instagram to Addictive Drug, Bombshell Court Filing Shows
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Meta knowingly downplayed the addictive nature of social media products that its own researchers privately compared to drugs as part of a broader effort to conceal the impacts of its platforms on teenage mental health, according to an explosive new court filing.
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