Defendant entity record
Meta Platforms lawsuits
Operator of Facebook and Instagram; defendant in the social media adolescent addiction MDL 3047 (3,824 pending actions as of Oct. 1, 2026, JPML) — and, uniquely, the platform that in April 2026 began removing plaintiff-recruitment ads for the litigation against itself.
Claims in these lawsuits are allegations until a court or settlement resolves them.
Key facts
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The entity record
- Fact 1
- 2,893 — pending MDL cases per the JPML report of July 1, 2026
- Source: https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/
- Fact 2
- Apr 2026 — began removing plaintiff-recruitment ads for its own litigation
- Source: https://searchengineland.com/
- Fact 3
- MDL-3047 — N.D. Cal., Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
- Source: https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/
The social media adolescent addiction litigation (MDL-3047, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, N.D. Cal.) consolidates personal-injury claims that platform design features harmed minors, alongside claims by school districts and state attorneys general in parallel proceedings. As of July 1, 2026 the MDL held 2,893 pending cases.
In April 2026, Meta began removing plaintiff-recruitment advertising for this litigation from its own platforms under a conflict-of-interest ad policy — a first: a mass-tort defendant controlling a primary advertising channel through which claimants against it are found. Educational legal content remains permitted under the same policies.
Allegations in the addiction MDL remain allegations until adjudicated.
Public-record events
Apr 15, 2026 · Other
Meta begins removing plaintiff-recruitment ads for the addiction litigation under a conflict-of-interest ad policy.
View source ↗Aug 1, 2025 · Verdict
Frasco v. Flo Health: first major ad-tech privacy jury verdict reaches trial against Meta; co-defendants settled pre-verdict ($59.5M combined).
View source ↗Oct 6, 2022 · Other
JPML centralizes adolescent social media addiction claims as MDL-3047.
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