Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictive
The jury will decide whether Meta violated Tennessee law. If the jury finds it did, the case will move to a second phase where the judge will weigh monetary penalties and potential changes to Instagram. Tennessee’s consumer protection law levies a fine of up to $1,000 per violation.The trial, which is slated to last for seven weeks, is scheduled to overlap with at least two other trials against the company in courts in California as it faces thousands of lawsuits over similar claims in both state and federal court.
- ▪The jury will decide whether Meta violated Tennessee law.
- ▪If the jury finds it did, the case will move to a second phase where the judge will weigh monetary penalties and potential changes to Instagram.
- ▪Tennessee’s consumer protection law levies a fine of up to $1,000 per violation.The trial, which is slated to last for seven weeks, is scheduled to overlap with at least two other trials against the company in courts in California as it fa
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Meta Platforms faces trial in Tennessee on Monday over the state’s claims that Instagram’s design is to blame for a youth mental-health crisis, one of several trials in the coming weeks testing allegations that the company’s social media platforms were intentionally built to be addictive.Tennessee accuses the company of violating the state’s consumer protection law by knowingly designing a product that drives teens to compulsive use and misleading the public about its safety.
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