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Minors' access to social media is still a debatable topic as issues on freedom and abuse become more prevalent.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about

According to reports, Meta said in a statement that the complaint misrepresents its work over the past decade to make the online experience safe for teens and said it doesn't design its products to be addictive to younger users.

This is after Meta executives publicly said in testimony before the US congress that the companys age-checking processes were effective and were used to remove underage accounts.

The privacy charges are part of a larger federal lawsuit, filed last month by California, Colorado and 31 other states in US District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit accuses Meta of unfairly ensnaring young people on its Instagram and Facebook platforms while concealing internal studies showing user harms. And it seeks to force Meta to stop using certain features that the states say have harmed young users.