Meta Faces Trial in Tennessee Over Instagram-Addiction Allegations

Meta Platforms faces trial in Tennessee over the state's claims that Instagram's design is to blame for a youth mental-health ​crisis, one of several trials in the coming weeks testing allegations that the company's social media platforms were intentionally built to be addictive. Tennessee accuses ‌the company of violating the state's consumer protection law by knowingly designing a product that drives teens to compulsive use and misleading the public about its safety.