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Meta faces $200bn trial over child data and social media addiction by 29 states

The Guardian UK Tuesday 18 August 2026, 07:00 UTC By Dara Kerr 1 min read
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State attorneys general allege that tech company intentionally designed addictive products that harm young peopleMore than half of the states in the US have joined together in a sizable fight against Meta, the parent of Instagram and Facebook. Their landmark legal challenge goes to trial Tuesday. An unprecedented lawsuit, first filed by 29 state attorneys general in 2023, accuses the social media company of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young people and caused them...

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 a sizable fight against Meta, the parent of Instagram and Facebook. Their landmark legal challenge goes to trial Tuesday.

An unprecedented lawsuit, first filed by 29 state attorneys general in 2023, accuses the social media company of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young people and caused them harm.

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