00:00Meta is facing another major trial in the United States over alleged harm to children,
00:06with four states accusing the company of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive.
00:12The case comes as Meta already faces two court rulings
00:15and won nearly $1 billion in damages over similar claims.
00:22Attorneys General from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey say
00:27Meta deliberately designed its platforms to keep children engaged,
00:31despite knowing about the potential risks.
00:34The six-week trial begins with jury selection on Wednesday in California,
00:38with a verdict expected in October.
00:41The case goes back to the Facebook files,
00:44a cache of internal documents leaked by a former Meta employee in 2021.
00:49The documents included Meta's own research into the potential effects of Instagram on teenagers.
00:55That triggered investigations by dozens of U.S. states.
00:59In March, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube responsible for a teenager's social media addiction
01:05and awarded $6 million in damages.
01:08Then last week, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to change some of its products
01:13and pay more than $500 million over harms linked to Facebook and Instagram.
01:19The four states in this case could seek penalties of up to $1.4 trillion,
01:24a figure close to Meta's market value of more than $1.5 trillion.
01:28The second week, a succeeds, is the highest of their adults.
01:30Until then, say,
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