Meta struggled to overcome damning testimony before record US settlement
By Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo ( August 26, 2026, 23:20 GMT | Comment) -- US state attorneys general said Wednesday that the coalition they built in their addictive-design cases against Meta Platforms, and the states' strong performance in the first federal bellwether trial that began last week in Oakland, California, was what allowed the states to reach a record $17.1 billion settlement. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Meta knew the states "have them dead to rights."Despite losing addictive-design trials in Los Angeles and New Mexico this year, Meta Platforms may have had its worst day in court on the eve of Wednesday's record $17.1 billion settlement with US state attorneys general....
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