Democratic senators urge Meta not to market its metaverse app to teens | CNN Business

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Two Democratic senators urged Meta this week to suspend a reported plan to offer Horizon Worlds, the company’s flagship virtual reality app, to teens between the ages of 13 and 17, arguing the technology could harm young users’ physical and mental health.

The lawmakers, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, called Meta’s plan “unacceptable” in light of the company’s “record of failure to protect children and teens,” in a letter dated Wednesday to company CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The letter focuses on a plan, reported by the Wall Street Journal last month, that would enable Meta’s teen users to join a persistent online world consisting of multiple digital communities through the use of a virtual reality headset.

“Your plans to imminently pull these young people into an under-researched, potentially dangerous virtual realm with consequences for their physical and mental health is unacceptable,” they wrote, adding: “Any strategy to invite young users into a digital space rife with potential harms should not be driven by a goal to maximize profit.” A Meta spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

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why don't we have 1 week courses for our young adults job entry skillls ; go to work as gopher .. by 14 /15 they can start buying houses / car / boat / vacations .. instead of the me so hurt / victim insanity card

If they actually care then why haven't they done the same for CNN.

If these kids aren't bright enough to figure it out on their own, does it matter?

Do teens want to be on FB? I doubt it.

Zuck will be spending millions of $$$$ to Primary these two right out of their seats. Wait for it.

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