The teen plaintiffs accused the companies of causing their depression, self-harm, eating disorders, and anxiety. According to the publication’s insider sources, Meta paid just two teens a combined $7 million to keep them quiet — a startling revelation that highlights how far these companies are willing to keep a highly sensitive subject out of the headlines.

They go on those platforms and get pushed down rabbit holes like anorexia glorifying content and before they know it their mental health is in the kind of state that a decade of therapy can’t fix.

The platforms pay off the very few that sue while millions of others quietly suffer. Most of them not having the resources to take them to court anyway.