The deal was reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by 29 states, averting one of the highest-profile tests ye...

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is being sued by a bipartisan coalition of states on allegations of deceiving the public and desig...

Four lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fu...

Facebook-parent Meta will defend itself in a landmark social media trial that begins Tuesday in California, where attorneys have sparred ov...

Four lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fue...

In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contr...

A coalition of US states will seek around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and I...

The 2023 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Oakland, California, claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without thei...

The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...

The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...

Major social media firms face thousands of lawsuits across the United States. These legal actions allege platforms are designed to addict y...

The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Meta and TikTok seeking to overturn a lower court ruling re...

An appeals court permitted thousands of lawsuits against social media firms to advance. These suits allege companies designed products to a...

With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged har...

The court in Santa Fe ruled on Thursday that Meta must pay $567 million into a New Mexico fund for teen mental health prevention and treatm...

Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the company had created a public nuisance in New Mexico, siding with Attorney General Raul Torrez,...

The lawsuit, filed by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti's office, seeks financial penalties and a court order directing Instagra...