Experts say that the least important thing is the more than 17 billion that Meta pays to acknowledge that the tools applied on Facebook and Instagram were designed to turn minors into addicts without caring about their mental health.
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Last year alone, Meta earned 200 billion dollars in revenue. That compensation to close the trial is equivalent to what is considered a speeding fine.
What needs to be focused on, those experts emphasize, are the changes in the operation of those platforms. This is the real punishment against the commercial interests of Mark Zuckerberg’s company, which are none other than keeping users on their platforms for as long as possible.
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There is the idea that it will take a long time to implement all these measures to prevent harmful exposure of young people to these social networks. Age verification emerges as one of the most complicated. The entire agreement depends on it being effective and it is not clear what it consists of.
Furthermore, another crucial problem arises. Meta’s legal service encouraged other companies in the sector to follow their lead. That is the crux of the matter. In truth, Meta wants the competition to be forced as well. If, for example, TikTok, SnapChat, and YouTube do not do the same, that represents a competitive disadvantage for Meta and we all know what happens then.
