By Mike Swift ( August 19, 2026, 01:13 GMT | Insight) -- Doling out unusually harsh criticism to Meta Platforms and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the attorneys general of California, Colorado and New Jersey told the media Tuesday following the start of their addictive design trial in Oakland, California, that "lies" by the social media giant about the safety of Facebook and Instagram "are at the core of our case." The attorneys general compared Meta's behavior in providing a dangerous product to consumers and being untruthful about those harms to what tobacco companies did a generation ago. "I'm disgusted. I'm angry. We all should be angry," said New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport.Standing before a bank of TV cameras following the start of their addictive design trial against Meta Platforms, the attorneys general of California, Colorado and New Jersey blasted the social media giant as a duplicitous company that chose profits over the safety of users, copying the playbook of Big Tobacco....
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