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Meta child safety trial in California
Multiple U.S. states are taking Meta to trial in California, accusing the company of designing addictive features and illegally collecting data from children under 13. A federal judge recently ruled against Meta's attempts to exclude key evidence and a star witness from the upcoming trial.
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2026-08-20
2026-08-18
- Trial for 2023 lawsuit against social media giant Meta starts Tuesday
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child safety
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child safety
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child safety
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child safety
- First Thing: Meta’s treatment of children on social media in spotlight as landmark trial set to begin
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta’s federal trial over child safety
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta’s federal trial over child harms
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child harms
- Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child harms
- A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
- A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
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- Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
- New Mexico’s attorney general pushes new social media safety laws after $900m court victory over Meta
- States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
- States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
- States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
- States take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children