United States of America: Lawsuit against Meta for allegedly misleading the public about the addictive nature of their services

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
28 Mar 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
other service provider
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

28 Mar 2023
under deliberation

Announced lawsuit against Meta for allegedly misleading the public about the addictive nature of their services (Case No. 57CV-23-47)

On 28 March 2023, the Attorney General (AG) of Arkansas filed on behalf of the state a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Meta Payments Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC, Instagram, LLC, and Siculu…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court