Meta Pulls Recruitment Ads for People Addicted to Social Media

‘We will not allow trial lawyers to profit from our platforms while simultaneously claiming they are harmful,’ a spokesperson said.

A pedestrian walks in front of the Meta logo at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Meta—the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—has stopped allowing firms to post advertisements recruiting people as plaintiffs for lawsuits against social media companies over social media addiction.

A Meta spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on April 10 that the company is actively defending itself against the lawsuits, which include thousands of cases in state and federal court, and is removing the ads.