Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee tells jury

If the jury finds the company liable, the trial will enter a second phase before Chancellor Russell Perkins, the judge overseeing the trial, who will decide whether to order the company to pay financial penalties and make changes to Instagram to make it safer for teens.

THE POWER OF THE PING The lawsuit, filed by Tennessee Attorney General ​Jonathan Skrmetti's office, seeks financial penalties and a court order directing Instagram to modify aspects of the platform that the state says are harmful to ​teens' mental health.

Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that ​Meta Platforms' leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform's impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximise profit ‌from young users.