Yeah, the internal research could be far more damaging than the existence of the harmful effects themselves

People at Meta knew it was bad, and brought it up to higher leadership.

At some point choices were made, with full awareness of the tradeoffs, to move products in a specific direction.

Absolutely none of this, the harms, the patterns, the tech, is unknown to people who work in trust and safety, content moderation, and policy.

At various times, meta and other tech firms did try to hold the line, but they eventually succumbed to the financial pressures they were under.

If there is any lesson to be taken, it is that ideals don’t survive beyond a few years in contact with market incentives.

I’d bet that an exceptional legal team could make a pretty solid case based purely on the volume and testimony of behavioral psychologists on their payroll