Attorneys for Colorado, California, New Jersey and Kentucky, who are leading a bipartisan group of 29 states, will give their opening statements before an eight-person jury in Oakland that is serving expressly in an advisory capacity for U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who will ultimately decide the case.
Meta has said the penalties could be as high as $1.4 trillion, near the company’s market cap of $1.5 trillion.
In terms of potential damages and implications for Meta, experts have said the trial is the biggest test yet of youth social media litigation and comes amid a broader reckoning across the globe over social media’s effects on young users.
Attorneys for Meta are expected to tell the jury that the company has made a huge effort to keep kids safe online. The company has argued that it has not made misleading statements about safety and the States have failed to present any evidence of actual harm to their residents.
