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A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit brought by dozens of state attorneys general against Meta Platforms, allowing claims to proceed that the company deliberately built Facebook and Instagram to hook children and then hid the damage it was causing.<\/p>

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, based in Oakland, California, issued the ruling late Monday, rejecting Meta’s motion to dismiss. The judge allowed claims involving deception, unfair practices, and violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to continue.<\/p>

Judge Gonzalez Rogers went further, stating there was no dispute that Meta failed to meet the law’s requirements for notifying users and obtaining parental consent. On that specific point, she granted summary judgment in favor of the states \u2014 meaning that portion of the case is essentially already decided against Meta.<\/p>

As of Tuesday, Meta had not responded to requests for comment on the ruling.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal judge has allowed a multi-state lawsuit against Meta Platforms to move forward, rejecting the tech giant’s effort to have the case thrown out. Dozens of state attorneys general claim Meta intentionally designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children while hiding the dangers. The judge also ruled that Meta had clearly failed to follow federal children’s online privacy law requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1782825407402.jpg?fit=450%2C311&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-n7u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92007,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/states-seek-1-4-trillion-from-meta-over-youth-safety-claims-ahead-of-august-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":88876,"position":0},"title":"States Seek $1.4 Trillion From Meta Over Youth Safety Claims Ahead of August Trial","author":"Admin","date":"July 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Four states are pursuing $1.4 trillion in penalties against Meta Platforms, accusing the tech giant of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users while misleading the public about safety risks. 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