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US FTC's Meador compares social media company statements to Big Tobacco

( June 4, 2025, 19:59 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Mark Meador, a member of the US Federal Trade Commission, said it's a valid comparison to put what social media companies are doing in arguing their products are safe for young people next to past disinformation from the tobacco industry. "The evidence is piling up that these [social media] platforms invite young people into communities devoted to eating disorders, self-harm, drug use, and sexual exploitation. None of us would allow our kids to wander alone through red-light districts. And yet, that’s effectively what many of them are doing on the open internet, every single day," Meador said during a speech at an FTC conference on the "attention economy."See attached file. ...

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