Meta loses bid to dismiss US states' claims that Facebook, Instagram addict children

[groundloop]

Source: Reuters

A federal judge rejected Meta Platforms' bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 U.S. ‌state attorneys general accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and knowingly concealing the harm from the public.

In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California denied Meta's motion to dismiss claims based ​on deception, unfair practices and violations of the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

The judge ​also said Meta did not comply with that law's notice and parental consent requirements, ⁠and granted summary judgment to the states on that issue.

Meta said in a statement: “We strongly disagree with ​these allegations and are confident the evidence will show our longstanding commitment to supporting young people."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-loses-bid-dismiss-us-states-claims-that-facebook-instagram-addict-children-2026-06-30/

[Karasu]

1. Good. This company thinks it's an untouchable god because too many people voluntarily surrender all privacy to it,

even now.

[cstanleytech]

2. I've heard the claim multiple times for decades that 'X' addicts kids from cartoons to cellphones.

Followed of course for cries that whatever it is needs to be regulated to 'protect' the children but I have to wonder if it's not about protection but about control.