Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday tried to persuade a federal judge there was no evidence to support the claims by 33 state attorneys general that the owner of Facebook and Instagram has knowingly misled consumers that the social media platforms aren’t addictive.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland didn’t issue a ruling on Meta’s bid for summary judgment that would prevent the social media behemoth from having to go on trial to fight the states’ accusations it designed Instagram and Facebook to make them addictive to children and teens.
However, the judge, a Barack Obama appointee, didn’t appear to be persuaded by Meta’s attorneys that the states’ claims could be resolved as a matter of law and there were no factual disputes that would need to be decided either by her or by a jury at trial.
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