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Meta settlement over addictive design raises questions for Chile’s Sernac and collective lawsuits

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

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  • Meta reportedly agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle lawsuits brought by 51 U.S. state attorneys general.
  • The coalition accused the company of deliberately designing addictive platforms for minors.
  • The settlement has drawn attention in Chile because of its potential relevance to Sernac criteria for launching collective actions.

Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, agreed to pay up to $17 billion to end lawsuits filed by a bipartisan coalition of 51 U.S. attorneys general, according to the report.

The attorneys general accused Meta of deliberately designing platforms that could become addictive for minors. The agreement has drawn attention in Chile, where the case is being examined alongside the criteria used by the National Consumer Service, Sernac, to initiate collective lawsuits.

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