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NM expert details Meta's zeal to 'acquire teens' in testimony on attention economy

By Mike Swift ( February 27, 2026, 23:19 GMT | Insight) -- As a trial against Meta Platforms over harms to young users in Santa Fe, New Mexico, approaches its midpoint and the end of the state's case, John Chandler, an expert witness for the New Mexico attorney general, told the jury Friday that the attention of young users is a revenue "resource to be aggregated." He displayed internal documents that suggested Meta targeted "tweens" aged 10 to 12 and young teenagers because they had a higher "lifetime value" in ad revenue.Capping three weeks of testimony about the mental health impacts of Meta Platforms’ business model, a jury in New Mexico heard expert testimony Friday on how Meta monetizes attention, including setting a lifetime value of about $270 on a 13-year-old user....

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