Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?
TechCrunch | 01.04.2026 02:32
Meta lost a lawsuit against the state of New Mexico last week, marking the first time that the company has been held liable by the court system for endangering child safety. This was a landmark decision on its own – but the next day, Meta lost another case when a jury in Los Angeles found that the company knowingly designed its apps to be addictive to children and teens, therefore endangering the mental health of the plaintiff, a twenty-year-old known as K.G.M.