田纳西州对Meta提起诉讼，指控这家社交媒体巨头无视自己的研究成果，继续采用有害的平台功能。[1]在纳什维尔州法院进行的开庭陈词中，州律师称Meta的研究人员曾多次警告该公司的平台导致青少年成瘾、饮食失调、抑郁和自伤，但Meta仍然保留了自动播放、推送通知和无限滚动等功能。[1]
州律师主张，Meta刻意保留这些功能的目的是"尽可能长时间地让青少年留在Instagram上，增加他们看到的广告数量"。[1]Meta的辩护律师在开庭陈词中强调了公司的透明度。[1]这场诉讼预计将持续七周。[1]
Tennessee prosecutors have accused Meta of knowingly ignoring internal research documenting the platform's harmful effects on teenagers. During opening arguments in Nashville state court, state lawyers told the jury that Meta researchers repeatedly warned the company that its platforms drove teen addiction, eating disorders, depression, and self-harm, yet the company maintained features designed to maximize user engagement regardless of these risks [1].
The seven-week trial centers on Meta's retention of functionality including autoplay, push notifications, and infinite scroll—features that state lawyers argue were deliberately engineered to "keep teenagers on Instagram for as long as possible, increasing the number of advertisements they see" [1]. Despite receiving multiple internal warnings about the compulsive use patterns these features generated among young users, Meta chose to preserve them [1]. Meta's defense lawyers emphasized transparency during their opening statements [1].