There were definitely horrible places on the internet pre Facebook that were popular among kids like Rotten and Ogrish. But there was not a trillion dollar company investing billions of dollars and hundreds of scientists on research to attract and hook kids to their platform. This is not remotely comparable.
The targeted adverts to kids was more horrific. Like targeting troubled male teens with gun adverts.
Doesn’t Facebook invest a significant part to protect their brand by limiting and censoring content?
Last I checked Facebook didn’t have Rotten content on it.