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Dozens of state attorneys general have sued Meta, claiming the company knowingly created features that induce “extended, addictive and compulsive social media use” among teenagers and children. In a country without wide-reaching internet regulations, are lawsuits the way to reign in tech companies?

Then, for our first episode on YouTube, we talk with the YouTuber and tech reviewer Marques Brownlee about how the platform has changed, and the future tech he’s excited about.

And finally, artificial intelligence image generators are getting scary good. Casey tells us what he’s been using them for.

Today’s guest:

• Marques Brownlee is a YouTuber who covers tech.

Additional reading:

• Meta is accused of using features to lure children to Instagram and Facebook.

• Subscribe to “Hard Fork” on YouTube.

• The latest A.I. image generators show how quickly the tech is advancing.

Credits

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and is produced by Davis Land and Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.