California states allege Meta designed youth features to lift ad revenue

Published Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · 11:06 PM EDT

A California attorney general's office lawyer told a jury that Meta Platforms deceived the public for years by targeting children on Facebook and Instagram with technology allegedly designed to make them compulsive users and increase advertising revenue. The statement is an allegation presented at trial, not a finding described in the supplied source. It directly puts Meta's product-design and advertising practices at issue in the states' case.

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