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Meta Faces Trial Over Youth Addiction Claims | Global News
- Published
- August 18, 2026
- Duration
- 2:13
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- Last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
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Meta’s social media empire is under fire in court as 29 states, including four now in trial, accuse the company of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to addict young users — a case drawing eerie parallels to the historic tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s. With potential billions on the line and a six-to-eight-week trial ahead, attorneys general ar…
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Meta’s social media empire is under fire in court as 29 states, including four now in trial, accuse the company of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to addict young users — a case drawing eerie parallels to the historic tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s. With potential billions on the line and a six-to-eight-week trial ahead, attorneys general are pushing for sweeping platform reforms like hiding like counts and ending infinite scroll — while Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, fiercely denie
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