# Prosecutors tell court Meta knowingly hooked children and misled the public

https://mins.news/en/video/25944

- France 24 English, 2026-08-19 09:28 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L7ssox2ZSI

> Prosecutors told a US federal court that Meta knowingly exploited children and deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to be addictive to young users. A coalition of states is seeking roughly $200 billion in penalties, in a case experts have dubbed social media’s “big tobacco moment.”

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