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Meta’s AI Spending Overshadows Addiction Lawsuits, Youth Bans

Social media companies face backlash over safety of youth on their platforms

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at court in Los Angeles in February before testifying at a landmark social addiction trial. Meta will face another similar trial scheduled to begin in June.Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

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By Alexandra S. Levine and Kurt Wagner

May 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Alexandra S. Levine and Kurt Wagner report on the risks ahead for Meta and its social media rivals.

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