Facebook wants underage children to get ‘hooked’, claims whistleblower

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⚠️The Facebook whistleblower has said the company’s own research shows that its apps are “like cigarettes” for teenagers as they struggle to “regulate” their social media use

Facebook does not kick underage children off its apps because it wants to get them "hooked", a whistleblower has told MPs, as she hailed Britain for "leading" the world in regulating the tech giants.

 

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Yeah but not only Facebook to be fair. It's the whole shebang. Tiktok ain't any better etc. ...we have become socially distanced, screen staring slaves to a fucked up system. What a beautiful future.

She's an attention seeker.

DrCyn21 Then they should not have those apps.

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