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Meta Faces Trillion-Dollar Risk in Social Media Addiction Trial

Meta is currently facing a significant trial in the US over claims that its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, are designed to addict children, potentially exposing the company to a multi-trillion-dollar risk and raising broader concerns across the tech industry.

19 Aug, 12:28 — 20 Aug, 14:01
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bloombergHigh4d ago

Meta’s Trial Adds a Trillion-Dollar Risk to Its Struggling Stock

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. have been under pressure all year due to questions about its spending on artificial intelligence. But a trial accusing its social media platforms of targeting children goes beyond that, raising existential questions about the future of its core business.

By Ryan Vlastelica

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Al JazeeraMostly Factual5d ago

What the social media addiction lawsuit could cost Meta

Landmark trial against Meta could lead to fines and fundamental changes in Facebook and Instagram's operations.

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times-ukMostly Factual5d ago

Child safety was an afterthought, ex-Meta engineer tells trial - The Times

Child safety was an afterthought, ex-Meta engineer tells trial  The Times

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fortune4d ago

Meta faces a $1.4 trillion threat that could mean ‘turning in the keys and walking away’—but the stakes of the case reach across tech

The $1.4 trillion figure may be unlikely, but the case could give states a new way to challenge how social media platforms are designed.

By Tatiana Sataua

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advisor-perspectivesMostly Factual4d ago

Meta’s Trial Adds a Trillion-Dollar Risk to Its Struggling Stock

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. have been under pressure all year due to questions about its spending on artificial intelligence. But a trial accusing its social media platforms of targeting children goes beyond that, raising existential questions about the future of its core business.

By Ryan Vlastelica

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egypt-independentMostly Factual5d ago

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 youth safety and addiction. … The post Meta is back in the courtroom to face its biggest social media addiction trial yet appeared first on Egypt Independent.

By CNN

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morocco-world-newsMixed5d ago

Meta Faces US Trial Over Claims It Hooked Children on Facebook, Instagram - Morocco World News

Meta Faces US Trial Over Claims It Hooked Children on Facebook, Instagram  Morocco World News

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