# Instagram and Facebook could change forever if Meta loses lawsuit

https://mins.news/en/item/24145

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-17 12:16 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c4g33g9red9o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Thirty US states accuse Meta of targeting and harming young users and are seeking more than $1 trillion in damages, along with changes to Instagram and Facebook such as removing like counts, limiting infinite scrolling and restricting push notifications. The jury trial beginning on August 18 could pose the biggest threat yet to Meta’s operations.

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