Facebook doesn’t do anything to kids. They don’t, and haven’t, used it in many years.
That’s because they’ve moved on to snapchat or whatever the heck else their parents haven’t made uncool yet.
But the point remains the same. The reality is that social media platforms like FB, Twitter, etc. are digital skinner boxes that program their users to be addicted little posting, clicking, using robots, stuck in an endless feedback loop of likes, upvotes and group think.
And once they’re hooked in, their little minds can be programmed to say, believe in, promote and distribute the desired ideas, memes, and narrative. It’s (evil) genius, it is.
And people voluntarily hook their brains up to the Matrix.
Huzzah.