Tennessee trial claims Instagram is addictive for teens: What to expect

Jury selection began Monday for a high-profile lawsuit in Nashville, Tennessee, against Meta, claiming that its platforms were designed to hook teenagers. The state’s attorney general says that the publicly traded company purposefully hid evidence that Instagram is addictive. Meta denies the claims. The case lands at a moment when a growing body of lawsuits has been filed against social media platforms, alleging that big tech companies hid the deleterious mental, physical and emotional effects of social media on children.