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Sarah and Vinnie Full Show

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Sarah and Vinnie Full Show

Audacy

Comedy

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Scott Budamn talks about Meta getting sued!

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0:00.0

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wake up the area amazing with Sarah and you stole the car and let that guy drive

0:07.6

Next story you've got which is one I had on my list as well is about the states suing meta

0:15.4

About its social platforms and how addictive they are for young children and what it's doing to their mental health

0:22.0

Yeah, and this focus is right down to young people and that's the audience for social media and that's the audience for Instagram and Facebook

0:29.6

And you know those of us who know teens or have teens or work with teens they know

0:34.8

How addictive these can be even for we older people these things have rabbit holes and you find yourself just

0:41.4

Oh did I just spend an hour on Instagram and it's very powerful

0:45.2

It's a powerful source for good. I would argue as well

0:48.3

But the state is actually suing meta. This is the company of both the knowns both Instagram and Facebook saying they use tactics

0:56.7

To boost their profits

0:58.2

But by psychologically dragging these kids in and making these sites addictive and therefore harmful and they cite previous studies

1:07.6

Where Instagram has been known to lead to bullying and especially body image and psychological mental health concerns for especially young women

1:16.0

But really anyone who goes down these rabbit holes knows and recognizes that these sites can be I guess for a lack of a better term

1:24.0

Addictive is this a lawsuit that's going to win? I have no idea

1:27.6

But it really does put a spotlight on how many people are concerned about young people when they're on social networks

1:34.8

So what I would say is of course they're addictive. I've absolutely found myself going

1:41.6

Close this dude. What are you doing like it's ridiculous? You've been scrolling for five minutes

1:47.6

And it's the middle of the day time you're a grown man you have stuff to do

1:51.2

I can imagine for a kid who's you know caught up in that their life is on there right

1:56.4

It's it's even worse. So there's that's already a problem then

2:01.2

I think one of the other elements that the states are using in their lawsuit is

2:06.2

Meta and they're gathering data on kids as well

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