News Summary

• A legal brief filed last month in a civil case against major social media companies.
• The brief alleges that social media platforms have been purposefully cultivating addiction among adolescents.
• Peter Bergen: Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, should be prosecuted.
• He says Meta was aware that its platforms were endangering young users, including by exacerbating adolescents’ mental health issues.
• The decision to expose adolescents to these threats was, according to the brief, an entirely knowing one.