SYDNEY, Australia — Since Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen aired internal emails in 2021 showing that the tech giant knew of social media's mental health impacts on teenagers, world leaders have agonized over how to curb the technology's addictive pull on young minds.
SYDNEY, Australia — Since Meta whistleblower Frances Haugen aired internal emails in 2021 showing that the tech giant knew of social media's mental health impacts on teenagers, world leaders have agonized over how to curb the technology's addictive pull on young minds.
Meta's decision, in part, prompted the federal government to open a broad inquiry into the societal impacts of social media, ranging from the merits of age-gating social media to the knock-on effects of Meta canceling royalties.
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