Meta Reaches Confidential Settlement Ahead of Los Angeles Trial
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Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram, has reached a confidential settlement agreement with a girl who filed a lawsuit against the company. The agreement was signed immediately after jury selection began in a trial in Los Angeles, United States.
According to the report, the plaintiff claimed that Instagram and Facebook were deliberately designed to influence users, especially children and teenagers, and that using them harms their health. The full details of the claims do not appear in the original report, nor do the terms of the agreement, because it is confidential.
It is important to know that this case is part of a series of lawsuits filed in the United States against social media companies. Meta did not admit to these claims in this report. A settlement agreement is an agreement in which the parties agree to end the dispute outside of court, and therefore there will be no judicial ruling in this specific case.
Instagram and Facebook are also widely used in Israel, and the trial in the United States may be of interest to Israeli users who are concerned with questions of social media safety. However, at this time there is no information about a direct impact of the agreement on users in Israel.
Sources: היום
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