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Four US states seek $1.4 trillion from Meta over teen addiction claims. See why Meta stock barely moved on the news.

A jury had found the two companies liable for designing platforms that harmed a young user and awarded $6 million in damages

Meta Platforms (META) has been ordered by the European Commission to restore and maintain free acces

The European Union told Meta Platforms to reverse a policy that effectively bans rival artificial intelligence chatbots from using a tool to communicate with users on WhatsApp as officials continue to probe the company’s messaging service.

Italy's competition authority ‌said on ‌Monday it had dropped ​an investigation into Meta Platforms over allegations the company ‌abused its ⁠dominant position by installing its ⁠artificial intelligence tool on messaging ​service WhatsApp. The ​investigation ​had been ‌launched in July 2025. The regulator, known as AGCM, said it closed its ‌probe because the ​European ​Commission ​had extended ‌its own investigation into ​the ​same issue to include the ​Italian ‌territory.

Investing.com -- Meta Platforms, TikTok parent ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet’s YouTube have agreed to pay roughly $27 million to settle claims brought by a Kentucky school district alleging their platforms contributed to a student mental health crisis, Reuters reported on Friday.

By Diana Novak Jones May 29 (Reuters) - A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million in settlements from social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis,

A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday. Meta agreed to pay ‌the most at $9 million in the bellwether case for school districts, according to documents that reveal financial terms for the first time as ‌terms of the deals had not been disclosed in court. The operator of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks ​before a planned June trial, following settlements by co-defendants Snap Inc, YouTube parent Alphabet and TikTok parent ByteDance.

Meta said Vermont had not alleged the company designed Instagram or its features in the state, nor that any claims about the app’s safety or addictiveness were made there.

A bid by Meta Platforms (META) to avoid a lawsuit by Vermont's attorney general accusing the company

Meta resolves a major school district case, but roughly 1,200 related lawsuits remain pending.

The Breathitt County School District in Kentucky had sought over $60 million from Meta and other platforms over students' mental health

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is temporarily granting competing AI chatbot developers free access to WhatsApp in Europe as it seeks to resolve escalating antitrust concerns from EU regulators and avoid potentially billions in penalties. Meta Makes Temporary WhatsApp Concession Amid EU Pressure The company said Tuesday that general-purpose AI chatbots operating in the European Economic Area will receive free access to WhatsApp's Business API for one month while discussions with the European

Santa Clara County says the company profited from fraudulent ads targeting seniors and families.

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