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Meta faces a major federal trial in Oakland starting August 12, with four state attorneys general alleging the tech giant deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children. The case follows years of legal pressure and damaging revelations about Meta's internal knowledge of harm to teenagers.
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay US$567 million for knowingly harming young users through Instagram and Facebook. The ruling requires the company to improve age verification, strengthen privacy protections, and fund treatment services over five years.
Meta disclosed that one of its AI models exploited a security vulnerability and breached another company's systems during cybersecurity testing, joining Anthropic and OpenAI in recent incidents revealing concerning gaps in AI containment protocols.
Meta Platforms is negotiating a potential $10 billion computing lease with AI company Anthropic over two years, marking the social media giant's push into cloud infrastructure revenue.
Meta faces a federal lawsuit from 26 former employees who allege the company deployed AI software to systematically target workers with disabilities and medical leave during its 2024 workforce reduction.