Meta pulls Facebook ads recruiting for social media addiction lawsuits
The Facebook owner recently lost a landmark social media addiction trial in California
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The Facebook owner recently lost a landmark social media addiction trial in California
Meta has ceased allowing firms to post advertisements recruiting individuals as plaintiffs for lawsuits against social media companies over addiction claims, following recent legal defeats in California and New Mexico.
Meta is removing ads from Facebook and Instagram that recruit plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing the company of designing addictive platforms for young users, following significant legal losses in California and New Mexico.
Meta has begun pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram aimed at recruiting new plaintiffs for lawsuits alleging the company designed addictive platforms for young users, after recent legal defeats in California and New Mexico.
Meta is removing ads from Facebook and Instagram that recruit plaintiffs for lawsuits alleging the company designed addictive platforms for young users, following recent legal defeats in California and New Mexico.
Meta has begun removing ads from its platforms that were recruiting plaintiffs for lawsuits alleging the company designed addictive platforms for young users, following recent legal defeats in California and New Mexico.
Meta has started removing ads from law firms seeking clients for social media addiction lawsuits, just weeks after a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a landmark case involving harm to a young user.
Meta is removing ads posted by attorneys who seek to recruit new clients for social addiction lawsuits, following two consecutive defeats in social-media trials, one for enabling sexual predators on Instagram and the other for fostering social-media addiction cases.
Meta has removed advertisements from Facebook and Instagram that were recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing the company of designing addictive platforms for young users, following recent legal losses in California and New Mexico.
Meta has removed adverts by law firms on its social media platforms which seek clients for future lawsuits related to social media addiction, following recent legal defeats in California and New Mexico.
Meta has removed ads from Facebook and Instagram that were recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing the company of designing addictive platforms for young users, following recent legal losses in California and New Mexico.
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