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What is Meta being accused of in the $200 billion civil trial?

Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys

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The Irish Times
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Ireland
Source published
22 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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Byline
John O'Connor
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Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys
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    What is Meta being accused of in the $200 billion civil trial?

    Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys

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#1107
Observed
22 Aug 2026, 05:05 UTC
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200 / parsed
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759,049 bytes, private gzip evidence
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news-ledger/0.1
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