Meta's $1.4T exposure in kids-safety trial tests state power over platform design
A federal trial is underway in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are the first of 29 states to take Meta to court over addictive, youth-harming design. Meta's own math puts the theoretical penalty ceiling at $1.4 trillion, roughly its market value. The advisory jury verdict could hand states new leverage over how tech platforms are built.