A trial began on August 19, 2026, in California federal court with four US states accusing Meta of deliberately making Facebook and Instagram addictive to children and exploiting them. Meta denied the charges and defended its child safety efforts, arguing social media addiction does not exist.
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Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states started.
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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 knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media's "big tobacco moment," a coalition of states is asking that Meta be penalised by around $200 billion for designing products addictive to children.
BBC News: Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, US court hears Once again, the narrative is about how they did it to kids. Not how they do it to everyone, to the detriment of society. Just how they do it to kids who are somehow going to miraculously turn 18 and then not be affected in the same way by the exact same exploitative design? 🙄 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5r7 vr7q1
Meta defends its child safety efforts but critics say the social media giant falls short AP News
Meta is defending itself in a California federal court against allegations that its social media business poses harms to children and teenagers.
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AP: Meta defends its child safety efforts but critics say the social media giant falls short https:// apnews.com/article/meta-social -media-addiction-children-teens-0fb522327e48ac0389f8b476916a938e @ AssociatedPress # Meta