United States of America: Public lawsuit against Meta for allegedly harming the mental health of minors through addictive features (California v Meta Platforms)
Progress
Current status
under investigation
15 Oct 2024 under investigation
24 Oct 2023 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Issued interim ruling in lawsuit filed by 34 attorney generals against Meta for allegedly harming the mental health of minors through addictive features (Case No. 4:22-md-03047-YGR)
On 15 October 2024, the Northern District Court of California allowed a lawsuit brought by 34 state attorneys general against Meta Platforms to proceed. The lawsuit claims that Meta ignored research linking its platforms to depression and other ment…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court
Filed public lawsuit by 33 Attorney Generals against Meta for allegedly harming the mental health of minors through addictive features
On 24 October 2023, the Attorney Generals from 33 States filed a federal lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and its affiliates (Meta). Meta is accused of having developed and implemented detrimental features that result in children and teenagers b…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court