California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday that the trial against Meta, which began in Oakland, was not about damages but about civil penalties, restitution and distortion. The attorneys general of 29 states, led by those from California, Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky, accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to encourage addictive behavior in children. Meta faces up to $200 billion in civil penalties according to plaintiffs’ estimates, although the company itself cited a figure of $1.4 trillion. The states’ lawyers are also requesting the deletion of personal data for children under 13 and the removal of certain design features like infinite scroll and autoplay.
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