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Meta Platforms faces a watershed legal moment in Oakland as 29 US states pursue claims the company deliberately engineered Facebook and Instagram for compulsive youth use, seeking penalties that could reach US$1.4 trillion.
Four US states are pursuing a landmark case against Meta, claiming the company deliberately designed addictive features targeting children. The case draws parallels to 1990s tobacco litigation and could reshape social media regulation globally.
A US federal judge has ruled that Meta destroyed or allowed critical evidence to be erased in a lawsuit brought by an Australian mining billionaire over fraudulent cryptocurrency advertisements featuring his likeness, potentially weakening the company's legal defences.
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay US$567 million to address harms to young users from Instagram and Facebook. The ruling requires the company to implement new age verification tools and safety measures over five years.