Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent in Social Media Addiction Trial
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNET
Sentiment: Negative

A California woman sued the tech giants, alleging Instagram and YouTube were designed to be addictive to children.

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Meta Lays Off 700 Employees, While Rewarding Top Executives
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: NYTimes
Sentiment: Negative

The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.

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Jury Finds Meta, Google Negligent in Social Media Addiction Trial
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNET
Sentiment: Negative

A California woman sued the tech giants, claiming Instagram and YouTube were designed to be addictive to children.

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Meta Aims to Share AI Intelligence With Small Business Users
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Positive

Meta is reportedly launching a program to support artificial intelligence (AI) adoption among small businesses. Meta Small Business is aimed at the more than 250 million small businesses around the world that use the company's social media programs, Axios reported Wednesday (March 25), citing an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Several hundred Meta layoffs today: Here's what you need to know
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

CNBC's Mackenzie Sigalos reports the latest news surrounding Meta.

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What did jury decide in social media case against Meta and Google?
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet's Google and Meta liable on Wednesday in a landmark ​youth social media addiction trial.

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Meta And Google Found Liable In Social Media Addiction Trial
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Negative

Meta and Google, the parent company of YouTube, were found liable for harming a woman's mental health due to addictive design features, a California jury found in a landmark decision on Wednesday, just one day after a jury in New Mexico ordered the Facebook parent company to pay $375 million for enabling child exploitation and misleading the users about safety features.

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LA Jury Finds Meta & Google Negligent In Social Media Addiction Trial; Zuckerberg's Tech Giant Says “Respectfully Disagree With The Verdict”
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Deadline
Sentiment: Negative

After over a week of deliberations, a Los Angeles jury today delivered a potential game changing verdict of negligence against social media giants Meta and Google for creating addictive products and platforms that harm minors.

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Ca$htag$: META Embodies "AI Thesis Coming Together into One Company"
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Schwab Network
Sentiment: Positive

"It really just feels like Meta is cranking on all cylinders," says @LikeFolio's Andy Swan when talking about the Mag 7 company's tech, advertising and social endeavors. His firm's data shows all its social media branches growing except for WhatsApp.

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Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

Hours after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury just handed the social media giant, along with YouTube, another defeat. In a case that attempted to prove that social media platforms played a major role in harming a young woman's mental health, jurors have sided with the plaintiff, who goes by her initials, K.G.M.

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Meta is cutting several hundred jobs
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

Meta is laying off several hundred employees across multiple teams, including sales, recruiting, and the Reality Labs division, as reported by The Information and Bloomberg.

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Jury rules against Meta, YouTube in bellwether teen addiction case — the first of many
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Negative

Meta and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark social media addiction trial. The case centered on a woman who said social media harmed her mental health from a young age.

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Meta and YouTube Lose Landmark Social Media Trial
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Negative

Jurors found the companies were negligent and the design of their apps caused harm to children.

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Alphabet vs Meta: Which Is a Better Tech Titan?
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) both delivered strong Q4 2025 earnings, but the stories underneath the numbers differ sharply.

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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: NYTimes
Sentiment: Negative

A jury found the companies negligent in their app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.

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Meta Prepares Hundreds of Layoffs as Part of Regular Restructuring
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Negative

Meta will lay off several hundred people across Reality Labs, social media, recruiting and sales on Wednesday (March 25), The Information reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. The company employed more than 78,000 people as of the end of 2025, according to the report.

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Jury in Los Angeles reaches verdict in blockbuster Meta, YouTube social media trial
META, GOOG, GOOGL
Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Neutral

Jurors reached a verdict in a major trial involving Meta and Google's YouTube that could have repercussions across social media and the tech industry. The verdict hasn't yet been announced.

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Meta lays off hundreds more workers as Mark Zuckerberg pivots away from costly ‘metaverse' push
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Negative

The tech giant is cutting jobs across several divisions including Facebook and its Reality Labs unit in overhaul for the artificial intelligence era.

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Trump Appoints 13 Tech Leaders to Emerging Technologies Advisory Committee
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Positive

President Donald Trump has appointed 13 tech leaders to an advisory committee focused on strengthening American leadership in science and innovation.

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Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Larry Ellison to tech council that will weigh in on AI
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Neutral

Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a central priority of his second term, framing the technology as a defining arena of strategic competition with China.

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Meta cutting several hundred jobs across Reality Labs, Facebook and other departments
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative

Meta cutting several hundred jobs across Reality Labs, Facebook and other departments

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Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

Meta is launching Meta Small Business, a new company-wide initiative focused on supporting entrepreneurship and driving AI adoption, Axios reported on Wednesday.

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Meta to offer stock options to retain top execs as jury orders $375M penalty in child endangerment case
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB) is offering stock options to top executives for the first time since its 2012 initial public offering, in a bid to retain key talent as the company intensifies its push into artificial intelligence, according to a company spokesperson. The new equity awards will only be triggered if Meta achieves “massive future success,” the spokesperson said, citing performance thresholds that could include nearly doubling the company's share price to above $1,100.

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Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

Meta is looking to leverage AI's ability to inform and potentially influence shoppers to increase sales on the company's social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta to lay off hundreds of employees, The Information reports
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Meta Platforms will lay off a few hundred people across its ​Reality Labs division, social media teams and ‌recruiting operations on Wednesday, The Information reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.

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Markets Are About To Bounce Higher: 3 Stocks I'm Doubling Down On
MELI, META, PLTR
Published: March 25, 2026 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I have been building positions in Meta Platforms, Inc., Palantir Technologies Inc. and MercadoLibre, Inc. as they are poised for strong rallies amid a projected 5% bounce in the S&P 500 in the short term. META stands out for its AI-driven margin expansion, lowest hyperscaler valuation, and potential 30–50% upside despite recent weakness. PLTR benefits from Pentagon program designation, robust Rule of 40 metrics, and is positioned for 18% near-term upside in a structural bull market.

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New Mexico AG Raul Torrez on $375M Meta ruling: What we want is a safer space for our kids online
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the jury ruling in the state's lawsuit against Meta, what the ruling means for Big Tech and social media apps, what's next in the appeal process, and more.

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5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
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Published: March 25, 2026 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Negative

Stock futures are rising and oil prices are dropping this morning following reports that the U.S. sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war in the Middle East; Meta is targeting a market cap of $9 trillion in a new round of executive stock options; OpenAI said Tuesday it would shut down its Sora video generation app as the ChatGPT maker looks to cut costs ahead of a potential IPO later this year; and Jefferies reports earnings after markets close amid reports of potential takeover interest from a Japanese financial firm. Here's what you need to know today.

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Arm releases first in-house chip, with Meta as debut customer
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Published: March 24, 2026 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive

CNBC got an exclusive first look at Arm's first ever in-house chip, the AGI CPU, purpose-built for running AI inference in data centers. Meta is the first official customer for the new chip, with seven other committed customers including OpenAI, Cloudflare and SAP.

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Better Buy: Apple vs Meta
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Published: March 24, 2026 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) reported a record-breaking fiscal Q1 2026, while Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) closed out a strong full-year 2025 the day before.

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About Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

  • IPO Date 2012-05-18
  • Website http://www.meta.com
  • Industry Internet Content & Information
  • CEO Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
  • Employees 76834

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.