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States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children

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States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
AP News
AP News1 hrs ago
States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children  AP News
Guardian US
Guardian US17 hrs ago
The fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractor
Compton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site One of the earliest documented examples of LGBTQ+ resistance against police happened on a hot summer night 60 years ago this month. It started not with the throwing of a brick, as it did in New York City’s 196
Meta is back in the courtroom to face its biggest social media addiction trial yet
New York —  Meta’s business relies on hooking young people and exploiting their data and attention, a lawyer for a group of state attorneys general argued in opening statements for the latest blockbuster trial against the social media giant on Tuesday. The trial could be Meta’s most consequential legal fight yet over y
Former Meta engineer returns to stand in major trial over social media’s harm to young users
Arturo Bejar has been a key witness against the social-media giant in three cases that have gone to trial so far
Reuters
Reuters20 hrs ago
Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young users
Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young users  reuters.com
Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young users
Aug 19 : A former Facebook engineering director and vocal critic of Meta Platforms who has accused the company of ignoring internal research on the harm its platforms can cause children and teens will continue his testimony on Wednesday in a trial that could remake Instagram and Facebook.Arturo Bejar, who worked at Met
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle1 days ago
US: Meta hooked children, prosecutors say, as trial over social media harm begins
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.
CTV News
CTV News1 days ago
U.S. states take Meta to trial in biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.
Quartz
Quartz1 days ago
Meta's biggest social media addiction trial opens, with 29 states seeking trillions
A coalition of 29 state attorneys general opened arguments Tuesday in Oakland, with penalties potentially reaching $200 billion
UPI
UPI1 days ago
$1T child harms case against Meta opens in northern California court
A landmark lawsuit brought by 29 states against Facebook and Instagram parent, Meta, alleging the tech giant's products harm children goes to trial.
CNN
CNN1 days ago
Meta heads back to the courtroom for its biggest social media addiction trial yet
Meta heads back to the courtroom for its biggest social media addiction trial yet  CNN
A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
Meta is starting a major court battle over claims it contributed to the youth mental health crisis
CNBC
CNBC2 days ago
Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
Less than two weeks after a loss in New Mexico, Meta faces a much bigger legal test in a case being co-led by California's attorney general.
Fox News
Fox News🏁 first to report4 days ago
Lindsay Clancy murder trial becomes social media obsession as TikTokers, sleuths debate controversial case
Attorney Peter Elikann calls the Lindsay Clancy murder trial a cultural obsession as TikTokers and social media sleuths dissect the controversial case.