Twenty-nine US states

“encourage addictive behaviour, fail to verify users’ ages, encourage adolescents to bypass parental controls, and inadequately safeguard against harmful content and/or intentionally amplify harmful and exploitative content”

Twenty-nine US states · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27

Court filings at the Court of Appeal in California accused Meta of designing its platforms to encourage addictive behaviour and harm children.