Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears

Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states started.

Trial begins that could force Meta to change Facebook and Instagram

A landmark trial has begun in California over allegations Meta deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive.

California AG Bonta says case against Meta is about 'restitution and distortion,' not damages

Following opening arguments in the case against Meta, California Attorney General Bonta said the trial is not about extracting a massive payout.

Meta trial begins with states accusing social media giant of exploiting, intentionally addicting children

Meta Platforms rejected accusations by U.S. states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit as a trial that could reshape some of the most popular apps on the planet got underway Tuesday.

US: Meta hooked children, prosecutors say, as trial over social media harm begins

Four US states have taken Meta to court, accusing the social media giant of deliberately making Facebook and Instagram addictive for children. Meta has denied the charges.

Meta sued by US states for hooking and exploiting kids in pursuit of profit

Meta is on trial for intentionally seeking to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit, a lawyer for California said on Tuesday, at the start of a trial that could rehsape some of the most popular apps in the world.

By FRANCE 24

Meta is facing its ‘Big Tobacco’ moment — and investors can profit

Even a loss in the landmark youth-safety trial would do little to hurt Mark Zuckerberg’s empire.

By Brett Arends

Court told that Meta hooked children and misled public

In what many are calling social media's 'big tobacco moment,' states are asking that Meta be penalized by around US$200 billion

By AFP

'They knew': US states accuse Meta of hiding Instagram's impact on teenagers

By TOI WORLD DESK

Twenty-nine US states sue Meta for misleading children and parents about the dangers of social media

Trial gets under way in California, with Mark Zuckerberg’s tech firm facing penalties of up to $1.4tn

By Madlin Mekelberg

Meta in court over child social media addiction

OAKLAND: Opening arguments begin on Tuesday in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” Meta stands charged with harming children by using technology specifically designed to foster addiction among young users in a similar fashion to cigarettes. The case could ...

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Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors

A coalition of states is asking Meta be hit with $200 billion in penalties for making products addictive to children, in what many have called social media's "big tobacco moment."

California AG says case against Meta focuses on 'penalties and restitution,' not damages

Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial begins

A bipartisan group of 29 US states is suing Meta, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties and changes to how Meta does business

By Reuters

Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears

A court has heard claims that Meta intentionally hooked a generation of children on Facebook and Instagram, as the social media platform faces its biggest legal challenge.

By Abubakar Ibrahim