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US state attorneys move for judgment on COPPA claims against Meta

( January 30, 2026, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US state attorneys general asked a federal judge to enter a judgment in their favor on certain elements of their claims against Meta Platforms under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, saying the company has failed to provide COPPA’s required protections for children on Facebook and Instagram. They also argued that Meta violates COPPA by continuing to use the personal information of children to train its machine learning and generative artificial intelligence models, even after it checkpointed or disabled their accounts because they belong to children.See attached file. ...

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