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US states drag Meta to trial over child safety on social media

'We'll show a jury that Meta concealed what it knew about the harm its products cause young people because looking away was more profitable,' Kentucky AG Russell Coleman said.

US states drag Meta to trial over child safety on social media

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'We'll show a jury that Meta concealed what it knew about the harm its products cause young people because looking away was more profitable,' Kentucky AG Russell Coleman said.

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'We'll show a jury that Meta concealed what it knew about the harm its products cause young people because looking away was more profitable,' Kentucky AG Russell Coleman said.

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