US states sue Meta claiming social platforms harming children´s...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Up to 95% of children aged 13 to 17 in the US report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying they use social media "almost constantly", according to the Pew Research Centre.To comply with federal regulation, social media companies ban children under 13 from signing up to their platforms -- but youngsters have been shown to easily get around the bans, with and without their parents' consent, and many younger children have social media accounts.
45% : "In addition to this lawsuit's 33 states - including California and New York - nine other attorneys general are filing in their respective states, bringing the total number of states taking action to 42.
38% : The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents' consent, in violation of federal law.

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