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Meta details US litigation exposure over addictive algorithm trials

By Mike Swift ( October 30, 2025, 23:39 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms disclosed for the first time in its quarterly securities filing Thursday that it faces claims of up to “tens of billions of dollars” in forthcoming addictive algorithm litigation that loom in 2026, even as "tens of thousands" of individual consumers have begun sending mass arbitration claims of social media addiction over the past year.Meta Platforms told investors Thursday that it faces claims in US addictive algorithm trials next year that range up to the “high tens of billions of dollars,” adding detail to the legal risk the social media giant said this week could significantly impact its business....

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