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Meta trial that could reshape Facebook, Instagram gets under way

Sowetan · 18 August 2026 at 19:59

Meta trial that could reshape Facebook, Instagram gets under way

Twenty-nine US states claim that Meta designed the apps to addict young children and teenagers

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