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No more doom scrolling or Instagram Stories? A Meta trial loss could end the social media we know

Friday, August 21, 2026


Meta faced litigation over its social media products, with commentators drawing comparisons to tobacco industry lawsuits from the 1990s.

Original reporting: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/meta-social-media-lawsuit-trial-instagram-facebook.html

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