TN Attorney Gen. Says 42 States Suing Meta Due to Addictive App Features

Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta made certain to design Fb and Instagram so they’re tremendous arduous to give up, and the end result has been unhealthy for society … a minimum of that is the allegation from Tennessee’s Attorney General, and 41 different AGs.

Jonathan Skrmetti, the Volunteer State’s high cop, joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live” to put out why 41 states — and Washington, DC — are suing Fb and Instagram’s guardian firm for allegedly harming our nation’s youth.

He says the social media apps are deliberately designed to make the most of the best way we’re all wired — making the platforms extraordinarily addicting with options like infinite scrolling, reminders and notifications, simply to call a couple of.

Skrmetti says Meta is absolutely conscious the apps are arduous to give up and unhealthy for folk — he says they trigger sleep deprivation, anxiousness, ADD, melancholy and potential suicide.

In his eyes, there’s solely a lot mother and father can do to cease their youngsters from getting hooked on social media, and it is at some extent now the place the federal government must step in to make adjustments.