Meta faces a historic trial for the impact of Facebook and Instagram on the mental health of children and young people

Meta, the technology group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, faces this week the most momentous trial in its history, which seeks to determine the impact on children's health of its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Those responsible for Meta will appear this Tuesday before a federal court in Oakland (California), where the company has been sued by several states demanding compensation of more than $1.4 billion and demanding changes in the way Facebook and Instagram operate. [...] The company reported an unusual drop in its profits last quarter, despite the fact that its billing skyrocketed. Analysts focused on the increase in legal expenses due to pending lawsuits for an amount of 2.4 billion dollars. [...] Judges in California, where the company is based, have decided to collect the states' complaints into a kind of class action lawsuit in an unusual, precedent-setting process known as multidistrict litigation.