Mom sues Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta claiming seven-year-old daughter’s Facebook addiction drove her to self-harm

A MOM is suing Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, claiming that her daughter became addicted to Facebook from the age of seven and was driven to self-harm.

Cecilia Tesch from Pueblo, Colorado claims that her now-13-year-old developed multiple mental and physical hardships because of her obsession with Facebook.

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The lawsuit claims the child suffered from sleep deprivation, body dysmorphia, an eating disorder, self-harm, severe anxiety and depression.

According to the lawsuit, the girl’s “addictive and problematic use of the platform” then led her daughter to self-harm, the Daily Mail reported.

Tesch claims that her daughter started to lose interest in other activities and would be up all night because of “constant notifications” from Facebook.

The lawsuit was filed at the US District Court in Denver on July 20.

Facebook does have a long-held minimum age requirement for usage, which is set for age 13 and older.

This means that Tesch’s daughter was using the app outside of its requirements for about six years.

It’s unclear if Tesch tried to prevent her daughter from using the app before she turned 13.

However, the lawsuit has claimed that Facebook’s age verification measures are “weak” and that Mark Zukerberg’s company, Meta, knowingly exploits “vulnerable users” to make a profit.

The mother said she and her daughter were not “aware of the clinically addicting and mental harmful effects of Facebook,” according to the lawsuit.

Her daughter “developed numerous mental health conditions with which she still struggles,” the lawsuit claimed.

The lawsuit claims the Facebook has negligent design problems and that they do not warn users of its harmful effects.

The lawsuit had claimed that Meta “designed Facebook to allow children and adolescents to use, become addicted to, and abuse their product without the consent of the users’ parents.”

Facebook has not publicly commented on the lawsuit.

This is not an unusual case, as more like this are being filed against Meta.

In July, two mothers sued Instagram, which is also owned by the company, for “driving girls to anorexia and suicide attempts by pushing calorie-restrictive recipes and pics of skeletal models to top of their feeds,” the Daily Mail reported.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.