Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules

Ruling by state’s top court comes as 34 other states are pursuing similar cases against Meta in federal court Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney general alleging that as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, it deliberately designed social media features to addict young users, the state’s top court ruled on Friday. The ruling by the Massachusetts supreme judicial court marked the first time a state high court has considered whether a federal law that gene...

By Reuters

Meta must face youth addiction lawsuit by Massachusetts, court rules

The decision follows a landmark trial in which a ​jury found Meta and Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people.