Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, October 25th,

2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Meta got sued by most of the states.

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I know people have been talking about how at least legally and maybe from regulators social media might be in for a bit of a this is bad for you sort of like

cigarettes are bad for you moment but I have to say I didn't see this coming a

bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general are suing meta in the United States

alleging that Facebook and Instagram features are addictive

and aimed at kids and teens.

Quoting CMBC.

Meta is now facing multiple lawsuits on this issue in several districts. Attorneys general from 33 states

filed a federal suit against Meta in the Northern District of California while

nine additional attorneys general are filing in their own states according to a

press release from New York Attorney General

Letitia James's office. Besides New York the states that filed the federal suit

include California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.

The suits are another demonstration of the bipartisan priority state law enforcers have placed on

protecting kids and teens from online harm.

This is a tough time in America, Tennessee Attorney General

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