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Meta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show

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Court documents reveal staff considered ways to ‘get academic community to disavow’ influential US author

Meta staff discussed deploying a “whisper strategy” to undermine the influential US academic whose work has inspired a global social media crackdown, according to court documents.

Employees at the parent group of Facebook and Instagram sought to discredit Jonathan Haidt, the social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation, a book that helped tip the debate about online safety towards more stringent measures such as the under-16 ban in Australia.

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Stocks Close Higher on Dovish Tint for FOMC Results

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) rose +0.28% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) rose +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rose +0.55%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) rose +0.27%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26 ) rose...