Consumer Protection Law
Jun. 29, 2026
Meta loses bid to exclude internal evidence before August trial
A federal judge indicated she will allow states suing Meta over alleged adolescent social media addiction to use internal company documents as evidence ahead of an August consumer protection trial.
The state attorneys general who accuse Meta's social media platforms of leading to adolescent addiction will be allowed to present evidence of what the company knew but didn't say, despite not making a failure to warn claim in the litigation, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said at a hearing Friday in Oakland.
California, New Jersey, Kentucky and Colorado will take their claims to trial in August. Unlike the hundreds of school districts suing Meta and three othe...
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