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Metaは、社会メディア依存症訴訟を提起する弁護士の広告を取り下げ始めました。先週、メタとYouTubeが若者への被害に関与したという判決を受けたわずか数週間後にこの措置が取られたことを含む主要なニュースです。
Axiosによると、10日以上にわたり、全米各地の大手法律事務所からなる少なくとも12社の広告が非表示となりました。メタとインスタグラムではほぼ全ての広告が取り下げられ、 Threads、メッセンジャー、そしてメタのAudience Network(数千の第三者サイトに配信される広告ネットワーク)でも一部の広告が取り下げられたと報告されています。
これらの広告は、"不安、抑うつ、引きこもり、自傷行為。これらはただの青少年期のフェーズではなく、子供の社会メディア依存症の症状だ"といった内容を含んでいました。
メタのスポークスマンは声明で、「当社はこれらの訴訟に積極的に対応しており、原告を募集しようと試みる広告を取り下げました。プラットフォームが有害であるという主張と、その一方で私たちを利用するために収益を得ようとする弁護士とは対立しています」と述べています。
Meta has started removing ads from law firms seeking clients for social media addiction lawsuits, just weeks after a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark case involving harm to a young user. "Lawyers across the country now are seeking new plaintiffs, in the hopes of bringing a class action lawsuit that could result in lucrative verdicts," reports Axios. From the report: Axios has identified more than a dozen such ads that were deactivated today, some of which came from large national firms like Morgan & Morgan and Sokolove Law. Almost all of them ran on both Facebook and Instagram. Some also appeared on Threads and Messenger, plus Meta's Audience Network -- which distributes ads to thousands of third-party sites.
One such ad read: "Anxiety. Depression. Withdrawal. Self-harm. These aren't just teenage phases -- they're symptoms linked to social media addiction in children. Platforms knew this and kept targeting kids anyway." A few of the ads still remain active, including some that were posted earlier today. "We're actively defending ourselves against these lawsuits and are removing ads that attempt to recruit plaintiffs for them," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. "We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful."
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