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Meta moves for judgment against US states' claims in social media addiction case

( January 30, 2026, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked a US federal judge to enter a summary judgment against state attorneys general’s claims over social media’s alleged harms, saying they have failed to adduce any admissible evidence to prove their claims. “[A]lthough the AGs identify more than 130 purportedly deceptive statements, only six of these statements reference so-called social media addiction. The AGs have no evidence that any of these six statements were false or misleading — most fundamentally, because ‘social media addiction’ is not an established psychiatric condition. The dearth of evidence on this issue dooms the AGs’ addiction allegations that form the core of this litigation, as Meta cannot have deceived consumers regarding a psychiatric condition that has not been proven to exist,” Meta said. See attached file....

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