Meta must face US state lawsuits over teen social media addiction

October 15, 2024

Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of encouraging social media addiction among teens, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday. Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Meta’s bid to toss the claims made by the states in two separate lawsuits filed last year, one including more than 30 states and the other including only Florida. The judge also rejected the social media company’s motion to dismiss some claims over social media addiction brought by individual plaintiffs.