Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial

Meta has told a federal court that four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, a figure the company put on the record in a filing on Monday. The sum, first reported by Reuters, sits uncomfortably close to Meta’s own market capitalisation of about […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial

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