Last week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a settlement(和解协议) of up to $18bn after dozens of US states accused it of harming children with addictive(使人上瘾的) products. The settlement’s regulatory implications(监管影响) for social media will affect every user, far beyond teens.
上周，Instagram 和 Facebook 的母公司 Meta 同意支付高达 180 亿美元的和解金，此前美国数十个州指控其利用成瘾性产品伤害儿童。这项和解对社交媒体产生的监管影响将波及每一位用户，而不仅仅是青少年。
But if Meta is truly interested in prioritizing(优先考虑) the safety of users, the board should request the resignation of Mark Zuckerberg and restructure to put safety above profit(将安全置于利润之上).
但如果 Meta 真心把用户安全放在首位，董事会就应要求马克·扎克伯格辞职，并进行重组，将安全置于利润之上。
The settlement does little to resolve the scientific question about the degree to which social media is addictive, but instead is the culmination of a battle launched by journalists and independent researchers in 2016 that focused on the digital design of disinformation campaigns powering Brexit in the UK and the US presidential election.(和解对科学问题作用甚微，但它是 2016 年发起的斗争的顶点。) Zuckerberg is the one throughline(贯穿始终的主线) in Meta’s history of billion-dollar blunders(愚蠢的错误) that have hurt real people.
这项和解对解决“社交媒体在多大程度上令人上瘾”这一科学问题作用甚微，但它是一场斗争的顶点——这场斗争由记者和独立研究人员于 2016 年发起，聚焦于推动英国脱欧和美国总统选举的虚假信息活动的数字设计。在 Meta 伤害真实民众的数十亿美元失误史中，扎克伯格是唯一贯穿始终的主线。