Internal documents, brought to light by whistleblowers such as former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, show that companies are well aware of these issues (both because of stories in the media and because of their own internal research). But, in the words of The Wall Street Journal, these companies’ responses are often “inadequate or nothing at all.” Instead, their primary focus continues to be on recruiting ever more people to their platforms and capturing more and more of their attention and time—ideally starting as early as is legally allowable. “Why should we care about tweens?” asked
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