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8月25日（路透社）——据彭博新闻周二援引知情人士报道，Meta平台公司（纽约证券交易所代码：META.O）与各州总检察长正在就一项可能的庭审中途和解方案进行磋商，该诉讼指控该公司故意将Facebook和Instagram设计得令年轻用户上瘾。
此次报道发布之际，加利福尼亚州的一场联邦法院庭审正在进行中，涉及29个州提出的指控，这是针对社交媒体公司损害年轻用户利益指控的最受关注的庭审之一。就在8月12日陪审团遴选开始前几天，联邦上诉法院拒绝叫停此次庭审。
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Meta以及加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、肯塔基州和新泽西州的总检察长在常规办公时间之外未立即回复置评请求。
周二晚些时候，包括内华达州总检察长亚伦·福特在内的多名州总检察长发布公告，通知媒体将举行新闻发布会。内华达州总检察长办公室表示，计划宣布“一项涉及一家领先科技公司的重大消费者保护和解协议”。
这些指控是由各州、地方政府、学区和个人提起的更广泛诉讼浪潮的一部分，他们指控Meta和其他社交媒体公司加剧了全国性的青少年心理健康危机。
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此次联邦法院庭审涵盖了科罗拉多州、加利福尼亚州、肯塔基州和新泽西州总检察长提出的指控，即Meta违反了各州保护消费者的法律。
此次庭审还涉及29个州提出的指控，即Meta违反了联邦《儿童在线隐私保护法》，在明知用户是儿童的情况下未经家长通知或同意收集其个人数据，并利用这些数据训练机器学习和生成式人工智能模型。
Meta否认了这些指控，称其一直在努力保护其平台上的儿童。该公司此前曾辩称，不可能误导消费者其服务是否会上瘾，因为“社交媒体成瘾”并非公认的精神疾病。
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Meta, US states have discussed settling teen social media harm case, Bloomberg News reports
August 26, 2026 1:37 AM UTC / Reuters
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Aug 25 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms META.O and state attorneys general have discussed a potential mid-trial settlement of a lawsuit accusing the company of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to young users, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The report comes during a federal court trial in California over claims brought by 29 states, in what is one of the highest-profile tests of allegations that social media companies have harmed young users. Just days before jury selection began on August 12, a federal appeals court declined to halt the trial.
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Meta and the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside of regular business hours.
Late Tuesday, several state attorneys general put out advisories notifying the media of plans for press conferences, including Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, whose office said it planned to announce “a major consumer protection settlement involving a leading technology company.”
The claims are part of a broader wave of litigation brought by states, local governments, school districts and individuals alleging that Meta and other social media companies fueled a nationwide youth mental health crisis.
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The federal court trial covered claims from the attorneys general of Colorado, California, Kentucky and New Jersey that Meta violated their state laws protecting consumers.
The trial also covered claims from 29 states that Meta violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal data from users it knew were children without parental notification or consent and using the data to train machine learning and generative AI models.
Meta has denied the allegations, saying it has worked hard to protect children on its platforms. The company had argued it could not have misled consumers about whether its services were addictive because “social media addiction” is not a recognized psychiatric condition.
Reporting by Diana Novak Jones, Fabiola Arámburo and Nate Raymond; Editing by Kate Mayberry and Thomas Derpinghaus
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