"Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media" is a new documentary that exposes the real-life consequences of the algorithms of big tech companies and their impact on children and teens.
In 2022, social media companies made an estimated $11 billion advertising to minors in the U.S., where 95% of teenagers use social media. One in three teens uses social media almost constantly.
"These products, they're not designed to hook us, adults. They're designed to hook children," says Laura Marquez-Garrett, an attorney at the Social Media Victims Law Center in Seattle who is featured in "Can't Look Away."
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