--- title: ‘The young ones are the best ones’: the Meta documents... description: A federal trial in Oakland before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is examining internal Meta documents in a consumer-protection and COPPA case brought by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-young-ones-are-the-best-ones-the-meta-documents-now-in-front-of-an-oakland-judge-oytywun9v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ‘The young ones are the best ones’: the Meta documents now in front of an Oakland judge | daily.dev og:description: A federal trial in Oakland before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is examining internal Meta documents in a consumer-protection and COPPA case brought by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-young-ones-are-the-best-ones-the-meta-documents-now-in-front-of-an-oakland-judge-oytywun9v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OYtYWun9V.png og:image:alt: ‘The young ones are the best ones’: the Meta documents now in front of an Oakland judge og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ‘The young ones are the best ones’: the Meta documents now in front of an Oakland judge **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A federal trial in Oakland before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is examining internal Meta documents in a consumer-protection and COPPA case brought by California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey, representing a broader 29-state coalition covering 3,000 claims. Exhibits include a 2016 email describing 'teen time spent' as a company goal, a study titled 'Long Term Retention: The Young Ones Are The Best Ones' on tween usage, and a 2021 internal survey of 13- to 15-year-olds showing significant rates of bullying, unwanted sexual advances, and exposure to violent or self-harm content. Meta's counsel conceded some users struggle but disputed a causal link to wellbeing harm. Former Instagram wellbeing consultant Arturo Bejar testified that Instagram 'changed from a product that you can use into a product that uses you.' The states estimate realistic financial exposure around $200 billion, contrasting with a $1.4 trillion figure from Meta's own filing. The trial is expected to run about six weeks with a ruling anticipated in early October. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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