Addictive-design risk against Meta, TikTok, others could drive organizational changes
By Mike Swift ( August 21, 2026, 23:55 GMT | Comment) -- Meta Platforms was able to claim a win this week when another individual plaintiff dropped her addictive-design claim against the company. But the pervasive aspect of so many state addictive-design suits — MLex has identified nearly 70 suits filed by states against six large social media companies — could force changes not only to the features of those platforms, but to the governance of the companies that own them.On a week when Meta Platforms began a trial in California against 29 states alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive, and the attorney general of Tennessee rested its similar case against Meta, the social media giant finally got a win it could trumpet....
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