Meta is facing 8 lawsuits that claim Facebook and Instagram lure young people into addiction for profit

Meta is accused of making its platforms addictive to young people in order to make money from them.

The law firm that filed the lawsuits said that the young users were driven to self- harm or develop eating disorders because of excessive use of social media. In addition to Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas, there are other lawsuits.

"The defendants knew that their products and services were dangerous to young and impressionable children and teens, yet they completely ignored their own information," said Birchfield.

One of the suits was filed on Monday by a Tennessee mother who claimed that her 15-year-old daughter's heavy use of Meta's products caused her to commit suicide.

According to court documents seen by Insider, the woman's attorneys said that her daughter became addicted to the apps because she received notifications all day long.

She had an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, and poor sleep.

The daughter and her mother were not warned of the dangers of addiction, sleep deprivation, and problematic use of the Meta platform. The company was accused of misrepresenting the safety, utility, and non-addictive properties of their products.

Meta knew that its platforms could harm young users' psychological and physical health. The Facebook Papers are a trove of internal documents that a former Facebook employee leaked to the media. One in three teen girls are affected by body image issues.

Several lawsuits have been filed since the leak. On Monday, a California family filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that they made their daughter develop an eating disorder because of their use of the social media platform. In January of this year, a Connecticut mother filed a lawsuit against Meta and other social media companies, saying they caused her daughter's suicide.

Meta's platforms now have features that allow parents to monitor their children's usage and offer notifications that remind users to take a break, according to a Meta spokesman. Meta did not reply immediately.