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Hook, hold, harvest, hide, Infinite scroll: How Meta ruined our children’s lives
Four words, from California’s opening: hook, hold, harvest, hide. Infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, likes, appearance filters—engineered, the complaint says, against known vulnerabilities of adolescent development, then sold to parents... The post Hook, hold, harvest, hide, Infinite scroll: How Meta ruined our children’s lives appeared first on The Sunday Guardian . Four words, from California’s opening: hook, hold, harvest, hide.
Why it matters. This lawsuit highlights growing legal and societal concerns over how tech companies engineer features that exploit adolescent vulnerabilities for engagement.
- California filed a legal complaint against Meta focusing on youth exploitation.
- Features like infinite scroll and autoplay are alleged to target adolescent psychological vulnerabilities.
- The complaint scrutinizes the marketing of these addictive designs to parents.
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