Meta Goes to Court Over Kids’ Privacy and Addictive Design

TL;DR
Four US states launch a multi-state trial accusing Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive and violating child-privacy laws (including COPPA), seeking billions in damages; Meta denies the allegations and cites a longstanding commitment to protecting young users as the case unfolds in Oakland.
- Meta goes on trial over social media addiction and child privacy claims BBC
- Meta goes on trial in Oakland over alleged harms to children, with up to $1.4 trillion at stake The Press Democrat
- Meta faces 29-state trial that could reshape Instagram and Facebook Reuters
- Meta heads back to the courtroom to face its biggest social media addiction trial yet CNN
- Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California CNBC
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