Meta cares about kids now?!

Meta现在关心孩子们了吗?!

Today, Explained

2026-09-02

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Meta is giving teens a curfew on Instagram and Facebook. And they want other social media sites to join them. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A 15-year-old boy looks at an iPhone smartphone screen in his bedroom. Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast⁠.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Meta, better known as Facebook and Instagram and even WhatsApp,

  • doesn't have the best track record when it comes to taking care of the kids.

  • There's a whole movie coming out about it.

  • It's called The Social Reckoning.

  • Facebook wants you to stay on the site for as long as possible.

  • And two years ago, the algorithm was changed.

  • What the movie lacks in looking good, it makes up for in dramatizing one of the biggest issues of our time.

  • We have 102 hours to get everything.

  • Evidence of drug cartels and a study that hasn't been made public on Instagram and teen mental health.

  • Teen mental health.

  • In the movie, but also in real life,

  • a whistleblower leaks a report saying Instagram knowingly made social media addictive for teens.

  • And that addiction led to a raft of mental health issues, suicidal ideation, lawsuits.

  • And now Meta is settling.

  • They're giving states a ton of money and introducing a bunch of restrictions to keep kids safe.

  • And on Today Explained from Box, we're going to ask if they're going to work.

  • Megan Rapinoe here.

  • This week on Why Are You Like This, I am talking

  • with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Pablo Torre about his New York City upbringing,

  • striking fear into the hearts of sports teams and blazing his own trail in sports media.