Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction
Meta social media trial
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- NZ Herald World·3h agoMeta hooked and exploited children, court told as social media trial gets underway
Meta faces a US trial over claims it made Instagram and Facebook addictive.
Read at NZ Herald World → - Irish Independent World·3h agoMeta accused of exploiting kids as social media trial gets underway
Meta has denied the states’ allegations, and accused the attorneys general of seeking unreasonable design changes and an “outlandish payout.”
Read at Irish Independent World → - Global News World·5h agoMeta faces landmark California trial: ‘Kids are the product’
Opening statements started Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms as states seek billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children.
Read at Global News World → - Globe and Mail Biz·12h agoLandmark trial against Meta over child safety set to begin in U.S. federal court
Lawsuit is one of many accusing social media companies of designing platforms that harm young people
Read at Globe and Mail Biz → - Irish Times World·14h agoMeta faces US states in trial over social media’s alleged harm to young people
Outcome could have profound consequences for the company
Read at Irish Times World → - Guardian Tech·17h agoUS states take on Meta in pivotal trial over child social media addiction claims
State attorneys general allege that tech company intentionally designed addictive products that harm young people More than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of…
Read at Guardian Tech → - Sky News Home·17h agoMeta goes on trial over child social media addiction and privacy
A federal trial against Meta alleging the tech giant contributed to a mental health crisis in young people opens today.
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