Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Meta’s $200b-$1 trillion lawsuit could change social media forever

Update of 8/26/2026: Meta settles for $18 billion in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children Good news! Looks like Zuckerberg got away cheaply or by how much were the plaintiffs claims were substantially inflated?

This seems to be more of a government shakedown and it reeks of government paternalism!

Other, Western countries have implemented stupid social media bans for children!

Meta will have a very tough stand to defend against so much government power and the claim it is harmful to children.

What about e.g. the responsibility of parents?

"Thirty US states are suing Meta for over $1 trillion, accusing it of knowingly designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive and harmful to children, while concealing what it knew."

(230) Meta’s $1 trillion lawsuit could change Instagram and Facebook forever | BBC News - YouTube





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