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In the midst of an expensive AI transformation, the company is grappling with litigation that could cost it billions and force painful changes.

R.K.C. had already settled with YouTube, TikTok, and Snap, leaving Meta as the sole defendant ahead of jury selection

A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta, leaving none of the major tech companies facing trial in the case.

A Florida teen suing social-media platforms over claims their design led to mental health issues dropped his lawsuit against Meta Platforms ahead of a trial slated to begin next week in Los Angeles.

By Daniel Wiessner July 22 (Reuters) - A novel lawsuit claiming that Meta Platforms relied on discriminatory AI tools to select employees for layoffs highlights the problems workers face in suing

By Daniel Wiessner July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta Platforms to block the tech giant from laying them off while they pursue claims that they were

There’s no sugarcoating it; getting laid off is awful. But if you've been following the news, it feels like tech workers are being laid off left and right. Here’s what one Reddit user, who was recently laid off from an account executive role at a tech company, had to say on the r/Layoffs subreddit: ...

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.

Plaintiffs allege Meta's AI-assisted evaluation process was discriminatory.

If you have ever caught yourself doom scrolling on Instagram or Facebook for hours on end and felt bad, don't; the technology is working exactly how it was intended to. Everything from the length and style of the Reels to the algorithms' encyclopedic knowledge of your likes and dislikes is designed ...

Four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties from Meta Platforms over allegations that its platforms addict young users. The case targets core design and engagement features across Meta’s social apps and is set for trial in August. The penalty request is close to Meta’s current market value, raising questions about regulatory risk and future operating flexibility. Meta Platforms, NasdaqGS:META, faces this legal fight with its stock trading at around $615.58 and a mixed recent...

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - France's competition authority on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to resume talks with French media groups over payments for publishing content, after the publishers

Market Domination Host Josh Lipton tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including JPMorgan analysts raising their price target on Eli Lilly (LLY) stock, Vertex Pharmaceuticals' (VRTX) acquisition of Crinetics (CRNX), and the possible $1.4 trillion lawsuit that multiple states are now suing Meta Platforms (META) for.

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

Santa Clara County filed a civil lawsuit against Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META), accusing it of knowingly profiting from scam ads that use AI systems. The suit targets Meta's advertising practices and claims the company prioritizes revenue over user safety. Alleged victims include seniors and small businesses that were defrauded through sophisticated scam campaigns. The case seeks financial penalties and broad changes to how Meta screens and serves ads on its platforms. Meta Platforms, the...

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

Santa Clara County filed a civil lawsuit against Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META), alleging the company knowingly facilitates and profits from scam advertising that uses AI tools to target vulnerable users. The complaint claims these scam ads have contributed to billions in consumer losses and seeks to test the limits of platform liability for paid content. At the same time, Meta faces a cluster of shareholder proposals ahead of its annual meeting, calling for more disclosure on child safety,...

Santa Clara County’s civil lawsuit against Meta Platforms (META) puts the company’s core advertising model under legal scrutiny, raising fresh questions for investors about AI driven monetization, regulatory risk, and future compliance costs. See our latest analysis for Meta Platforms. At a share price of US$603.00, the stock is down 4.3% over the past month and 7.3% year to date. The 3 year total shareholder return of about 1.5x suggests earlier AI optimism is now meeting heavier scrutiny as...

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 filed a civil lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) of knowingly enabling and profiting from scam ads on Facebook and Instagram. The case alleges Meta leveraged its AI tools to facilitate fraudulent advertising that targeted vulnerable users and small businesses at scale. The lawsuit seeks broad legal remedies and claims Meta limited enforcement against scam advertisers to protect ad revenue. For anyone following Meta Platforms, this case goes straight to the...