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suffered stinging rebukes in two high-profile court cases this week, adding to the company’s challenges as it tries to navigate an increasingly complex social media environment while also chasing rivals in artificial intelligence.
Both trials — one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the other in Los Angeles — pointed to the struggles Meta has faced to adequately police Facebook and Instagram, which remain the company’s primary cash engines due to their dominant position in digital advertising.
Jurors in Santa Fe determined on Tuesday that Meta misled users about the safety of its social apps when it comes to children being targeted by online predators. A day later, a jury in LA ruled against Meta and Google’s
YouTube in a personal injury trial, determining that their negligence was a “substantial factor” in causing mental health-related harms to a plaintiff identified as K.G.M., or Kaley.
