Meta loses bid to dismiss US states’ claims that Facebook, Instagram addict children
A federal judge rejected Meta Platforms’ bid to dismiss a lawsuit by dozens of U.S. state attorneys general accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children and knowingly concealing the harm from the public.
In a decision late on Monday night, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California denied Meta’s motion to dismiss claims based on deception, unfairness and violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
