Trial for Meta Begins with States Arguing Its Platforms Preyed on Vulnerability of Young Brains
- On Tuesday, a coalition of 29 state attorneys general began their trial against Meta in Oakland federal court, alleging the company intentionally designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children and misled the public about platform safety.
- California Deputy Atty. Gen. Megan O'Neill told the jury that Meta's business model was to "hook the users, hold them for as long as they can, harvest their data, and then hide the truth from the public."
- Meta lawyer Paul W. Schmidt countered in opening statements that internal reports demonstrate efforts to protect youngest users, arguing federal law prevents the company from collecting data to exclude children under 13.
- Attorneys general have yet to specify final penalties, but estimates suggest damages could reach $282 billion, while Meta has warned potential liabilities could be as high as $1.4 trillion, nearly the company's entire market value.
- The case represents a critical test of Section 230, a federal law protecting internet companies from liability, following a recent New Mexico court order requiring Meta to pay $800 million into a mental health fund.
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US tech giant Meta knowingly addicted and exploited children, prosecutors said on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the social media giant in US federal court.
The charge is to have used Instagram and Facebook to create dependency and the claim for compensation is higher than the company could ever pay
Attorneys-General of California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey are looking for a financial penalty for targeting Meta for child addiction, which could, in theory, add up to $1.4 trillion.
Meta rejects claims it hooked children to Facebook and Instagram as landmark trial begins
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, at the start of a trial that could reshape some of the most popular apps on the planet. A bipartisan group of 29 U.S. states is suing Meta, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties and changes to how Meta does business.Four lead states - California, Color…
The American giant Meta is tried in Oakland for allegedly deceiving the public about the harmfulness of its social networks to teenagers did Meta "leather" the children on Instagram and
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