Meta has begun scrubbing ads offering legal help for damages related to social media addiction and the associated harmful behaviors.<\/p>\n
According to a report<\/a> from Axios on Thursday, Meta has begun pulling ads \u2014 from both Facebook and Instagram \u2014 that provide users with information about getting legal advice or taking legal action against social media platforms.<\/p>\n Axios quoted an example of one of the ads that was pulled: \u201cAnxiety. Depression. Withdrawal. Self-harm. These aren\u2019t just teenage phases \u2014 they\u2019re symptoms linked to social media addiction in children. Platforms knew this and kept targeting kids anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n Meta has acknowledged that some ads are being removed from the social media platforms, saying that the law firms placing such ads should not be allowed to benefit from the use of Meta\u2019s platforms while claiming at the same time that Meta was responsible for creating addicts and causing mental health problems.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re actively defending ourselves against these lawsuits and are removing ads that attempt to recruit plaintiffs for them. We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful,\u201d a Meta spokesperson told the outlet.<\/p>\n