Meta Schemed ‘Whisper Strategy’ to Discredit Influential Social Media Critic Jonathan Haidt: Bombshell Docs
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Meta considered a ‘whisper strategy’ to turn academics against Jonathan Haidt
As Meta was feeling public pressure over teen mental health, and facing an impending onslaught of kids safety trials, the company considered a campaign to discredit a key critic: social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Newly filed court documents show that in March 2023, Meta discussed a "Whisper strategy" to "turn academics against Haidt," a thought leader […]
Meta schemed ‘whisper strategy’ to discredit influential social media critic Jonathan Haidt: bombshell docs
Meta employees schemed about how to “get the academic community to disavow” social media critic Jonathan Haidt -- a ploy to tamp down claims that its apps were fueling a teen mental health crisis, according to newly unsealed court documents.
Meta Docs Reveal Plan To Discredit Teen-Harm Critic Haidt
Meta internally set a goal to "get the academic community to disavow" and "turn against" professor Jonathan Haidt, who has linked social media use to mental health decline, as it in-house rebuffed internal efforts to study social media's impact on teen health, according to recently unredacted documents filed publicly Friday.
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