{"id":93064,"date":"2026-08-18T20:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93064"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:35:42","slug":"meta-goes-on-federal-trial-for-social-media-addiction-with-states-seeking-more-than-1trn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/18\/meta-goes-on-federal-trial-for-social-media-addiction-with-states-seeking-more-than-1trn\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta goes on federal trial for social media addiction, with states seeking more than $1trn"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/03\/768x432\/skynews-social-media-meta-facebook_7202675.jpg?20260325124011\" alt=\"Meta is also facing lawsuits from thousands of families over similar claims. File pic: PA\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is accused of knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its social media platforms.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/meta-goes-on-federal-trial-for-social-media-addiction-with-states-seeking-more-than-1trn-13574223\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is accused of knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its social&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Meta.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93065,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93064\/revisions\/93065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}