SEATTLE — A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general began presenting its case against Meta as a trial opened in federal court, accusing the social media company of designing Facebook and Instagram in ways that encourage compulsive use among children and teens while misleading the public about safety. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown issued a statement...Read More
Arturo Bejar, former Facebook safety engineer and Instagram consultant, is questioned by states’ lawyer Jason Slothouber before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states, alleging it improperly captured data from minors, designed its social media platforms to addict children and misled the...Read More
A York man who raped a child multiple times has been jailed for 22 years and eight months today (Thursday). Ian Moffat, 63, was also found guilty of sexual assaults, and admitted possessing more than 100 indecent images of children. Following the sentence, police praised the courage of his victim for coming forward. Detectives launched an...Read More
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California launched a salacious opening to its hotly anticipated multistate lawsuit against Meta on Tuesday morning, detailing the tech titan’s focus on its preteen users in language that could have been lifted from Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.” “You’re going to hear how Meta desperately tried to hold on to those kids, how it wanted them so...Read More
Former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse as Meta is on trial over social media addiction in Oakland, California, on August 19, 2026. KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive...Read More
Meta is facing fresh legal pressure in the US as a major child-safety trial opens in California. Four states are seeking financial penalties and changes to the way Facebook and Instagram operate, accusing the company of putting children at risk and failing to adequately protect their data. Meta has rejected the allegations and says it...Read More
Meta Platforms Inc. has deceived the public for years by targeting children on Facebook and Instagram with technology designed to turn them into compulsive users and drive up advertising revenue, a lawyer at the California attorney general’s office told a jury. In her opening statement at a historic trial in federal court in Oakland, California,...Read More
As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media...Read More
A former Meta employee testified that the company prioritized its financial interests over the safety of children, as a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of harming young users’ mental health continues in the U.S. The trial, presided over by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, continued Wednesday at the district court in Oakland, California, after opening the...Read More
