
Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google’s plan to « onboard kids » into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writes that getting kids into its ecosystem « leads to brand trust and loyalty over their lifetime, » as reported earlier by NBC News.
The heavily-redacted documents, which surfaced earlier this week, are linked to a massive lawsuit filed by several school districts, families, and state attorneys general, accusing Google, Meta, ByteDance, and Snap of creating « addictive and dangerous » products that have harmed young users’ mental health. (Snap settled earl …