California's AG says the child-safety case is about civil penalties and restitution, not damages. The exposure sits between $200 billion and $1.4 trillion, plus an order to strip features.
Perspective Coverage
8 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 21%
- Operator
- Operator 38%
- Investor
- Investor 41%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives60
- Confidence68
Twenty-nine state attorneys general are litigating default data collection and age assurance in federal court, after two adverse outcomes against Meta. Age checks are now a liability line item.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives68
- Confidence55
A former engineering director testified that Instagram ran a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to under-13 users and graded staff on engagement. Twenty-five more state trials follow.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption55
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence48
Arturo Bejar's sworn testimony in Oakland turns "we didn't know" into a documentary question, and puts every executive's internal warning record on the exhibit list.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
Arturo Bejar testified in Oakland that Meta's internal culture made wellbeing features practically impossible to ship. That turns a four-state consumer case into an argument about how product orgs run.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption54
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives76
- Confidence58