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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office
noted they were co-leading a bipartisan nationwide probe of the
company that began in 2021. That probe looked at allegations
Meta promoted Instagram to children despite potential harms, the
states said in 2021.
A Meta spokesperson said, “We’re disappointed that instead of
working productively with companies across the industry to
create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens
use, the attorneys general have chosen this path," without
indicating what action the states would take.
Connecticut and Vermont will discuss a lawsuit on Tuesday but
did not say what company was involved. Tennessee and Virginia
plan to hold press conferences on Meta or Big Tech.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz, Nate Raymond and David Shepardson;
Editing by Leslie Adler and Lisa Shumaker)
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