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Court Documents Reveal Meta Discussed Strategy to Undermine Critic Jonathan Haidt

Newly disclosed court documents show that Meta employees discussed a 'whisper strategy' to discredit social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt. The discussions aimed to persuade the academic community to disavow Haidt, whose work has heavily influenced global debates on youth mental health and social media regulation.

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Meta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show (The Guardian)
Meta bosses tried to smear academic and author who led global campaign highlighting damage of social media to young people's mental health, court documents show (Daily Mail)