- Meta faces up to $1.4 trillion in penalties from four US states (California, Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey) over addictive designs and safety misrepresentations on Facebook and Instagram.
- Additional lawsuits from 29 other states allege violations of COPPA by collecting children's data without parental consent, with trials scheduled for August and February 2027.
- Meta argues the penalty lacks historical precedent and denies social media addiction is a psychiatric condition, though juries have previously sided with states, awarding settlements like $375 million in New Mexico.