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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Because Meta/Tiktok/others don't effectively block them from their services, despite the illegality and knowing who is young and who isn't, due to the insane amount of data they collect.

A Facebook exec a while ago literally said that kids are the best demographic to get hooked on your platform.