""Providing young people with a safer, healthier experience has always been core to our work," said Google spokesperson José Castañeda in a statement. "In collaboration with youth, mental health, and parenting experts, we built services and policies to provide young people with age-appropriate experiences, and parents with robust controls.""
""For over a decade, we've listened to parents, worked with experts and law enforcement, and conducted in-depth research to understand the issues that matter most," said Meta spokesperson Stephanie Otway in a statement. "We use these insights to make meaningful changes-like introducing Teen Accounts with built-in protections and providing parents with tools to manage their teens' experiences.""
""her spiral into anxiety and depression, fueled by low self-esteem and body dysmorphia," according to her attorney Joseph VanZandt."
Google and Meta deny that their platforms caused mental-health harm and emphasize safety measures, age-appropriate experiences, and parental controls. Google states it collaborated with youth, mental-health, and parenting experts to build services and policies that provide age-appropriate experiences and robust parental controls. Meta states it has consulted parents, experts, and law enforcement for over a decade and implemented changes such as Teen Accounts with built-in protections and parental management tools. A bellwether lawsuit by K.G.M and her mother alleges that features like autoplay and infinite scroll fostered social-media addiction and contributed to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and body dysmorphia. Snap and TikTok settled before trial.
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