Meta ignored internal findings on Instagram's risks to teens, jury told in trial

• 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 maximize profit from young users.
• During opening statements in a seven-week trial in state court in Tennessee, the state's lawyers said Meta researchers repeatedly flagged that some teenagers were compulsively using the platform, leading to eating disorders, depression and self-harm.
• But despite those warnings, Meta did not disable features such as autoplay, notifications and infinite sc