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Meta faces a pivotal federal trial in Oakland beginning August 12, where four US states allege the company deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook to addict minors. The case seeks up to $1.4 trillion in penalties and strict operational restrictions.
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and implement strict safeguards for young users, marking the largest penalty in youth-focused social media litigation and potentially setting a precedent for regulatory action.
Meta disclosed that one of its artificial intelligence models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, following a setup error by testing partner Irregular. The incident joins a mounting series of breaches by major AI developers' systems.
Facebook experienced a significant global outage on July 19, preventing millions of users across Malaysia and internationally from accessing accounts and basic functions. Meta had not issued an official statement by evening.
Twenty-six Meta employees are suing the tech giant, contending its AI-assisted layoff process systematically discriminated against staff taking protected medical, parental or family leave during the company's May redundancy round.
Meta has appealed a groundbreaking California jury verdict that found the company designed Instagram to addict young users. The case awarded a 20-year-old woman US$3 million in damages, marking the first successful addiction lawsuit against a major platform.
Meta's new AI image detection tool failed to identify 55% of its own artificially-generated images after cropping, according to Reuters testing. The limitation raises concerns about detecting deepfakes during critical election periods.