# Meta Platforms announced on Thursday that it is withdrawing advertisements from Facebook and Instagram that aimed to recruit new plaintiffs in ongoing litigation.

*business · news · 2026-04-09 · Devdiscourse*

## Key points

- Meta has withdrawn ads recruiting plaintiffs for lawsuits over platform addictiveness.
- Meta faces over 5,700 addiction-related lawsuits centralized in California state and federal courts.
- A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google liable for a user's depression, awarding $6 million in damages.
- A New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for misleading users about platform safety for youth.

**Companies:** Meta Platforms, Alphabet
**Countries:** United States

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