As opening arguments begin today in the landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s trial against Meta starts in Santa Fe, Sacha Haworth, Executive Director of The Tech Oversight Project, issued the following statement: 

“This is the split screen of Mark Zuckerberg’s nightmares: a landmark trial in Los Angeles over addicting children to Facebook and Instagram, and a trial in New Mexico exposing how Meta enabled predators to use social media to exploit and abuse kids. These are the trials of a generation; just as the world watched courtrooms hold Big Tobacco and Big Pharma accountable, we will, for the first time, see Big Tech CEOs like Zuckerberg take the stand. Dozens of state attorneys general, thousands of families, and school districts nationwide are building the legal architecture to protect young people and future generations. The world is watching, Meta’s reckoning has arrived, and the consequences have just begun.”