Instagram's 'disruptive' alerts take costly toll on teen users' sleep, schoolwork: lawsuit

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Instagram's 'disruptive' alerts take costly toll on teen users' sleep, schoolwork: lawsuit
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I slept with 300 people in a year — here’s what happened when one of my ‘regulars’ found outTyga fans react to his ‘insane’ butt tattoo: ‘Kiss my a–‘Meta-owned Instagram uses “disruptive” alerts and other addictive features to keep underage users hooked – despite being aware that they take a costly toll on teens’ sleeping habits and schoolwork, according to claims outlinedIn a jointly filed federal lawsuit, a group of 33 state attorneys general allege that Facebook and Instagram “use incessant...

“These notifications are disruptive for all users but are especially intrusive and harmful for young users, who are particularly vulnerable to distraction and psychological manipulation,”in the US by prioritizing profits over the safety of its users. Critics have increasingly warned that Meta’s policiesIn addition to the joint federal lawsuit against Meta, eight other states and the District of Columbia filed separate suits.

Alerts are enabled by default on Instagram and Facebook, reducing the likelihood that young users will opt out of the barrage of messages, the states added. Even if users do disable notifications, the states allege that Meta “pressures” users to re-enable them in follow-up messages. Fairplay, an online children’s safety group, said the alerts are just one element of Meta’s long-term effort to target “young people with manipulative techniques to keep them online with little regard for their safety and wellbeing.”

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