What 29 US states suing Meta got wrong, or completely forgot

Two days ago, a child privacy trial that BBC says may be the biggest threat yet to Instagram and Facebook started in the US.As usual: If you like what you find here, thanks in advance for your subscription (possibly but not necessarily paid) or, even better, one-time donations for any amount, or consulting, writing or speaking work.According to that article, the 29 US states suing Meta, the company that owns Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and other stuff, want it to give up most of what being on social media is today. Namely, those states demand that Meta:removes “like” countsremoves infinite scrollimplements a process of parental verification for teenage userschanges Meta’s “dopamine-manipulating recommendation algorithms”removes many image filters that change one’s appearance in photosremoves autoplay of video contentremoves creation of multiple accountsremoves disappearing or “ephemeral” posts, such as Instagram StoriesWhat’s right in that listAlmost everything in that list is good.…