A trove of hidden documents detailing how Facebook made money off children will be made public, a federal judge ruled last week in response to requests from Reveal. The documents are part of a 2012 class-action lawsuit against the social media giant that claimed it inappropriately profited from business transactions with children. A glimpse into the soon-to-be-released records shows Facebook’s own employees worried they were bamboozling children who racked up hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of dollars in game charges.
— source revealnews.org | Jan 21, 2019