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The Meta Trial Could Lead To Substantial Changes To Social Media Platforms. Here's How.

State attorneys general seek to force Meta to drop infinite scrolling, autoplay and other features they say hook young users, with penalties potentially reaching $1.4 trillion.

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A new report claims that a landmark trial against Meta could end up with substantial changes to the way social media platforms are structured.

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The arguments in the trial that four U.S. states initiated against Meta continue because of the impact their products have on the mental health of adolescents

·Vicente López, Argentina
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The lawyers of the company Meta rejected on Tuesday the accusations of 29 states, that they deliberately sought to create addiction to children and adolescents on Facebook and Instagram, at the beginning of a historic trial in which the plaintiffs hope to achieve the greatest changes in such applications. The trial, which takes place in the federal court of Oakland, California, represents the greatest legal challenge against technology for “hook…

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IBTimes broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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