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The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 14, 2022. File photo by Michael Dwyer\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Updated at 4:45 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state has jurisdiction to pursue a case against Meta for targeting teen users of its subsidiary Instagram, upholding a lower court decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state\u2019s suit<\/a>, filed by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark<\/a> in October 2023, alleged the tech giant had engaged in unfair and immoral practices<\/a> in Vermont, and violated the Vermont Consumer Protection Act by knowingly misrepresenting its platform\u2019s potential to cause harm to young consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state regarding the issue of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA company that reaches out and purposefully avails itself of a forum state\u2019s market for its own economic gain can expect to be hauled into court in that jurisdiction to account for its conduct,\u201d Friday\u2019s decision<\/a> states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased with the Court\u2019s decision, which allows our lawsuit against Meta to proceed in Vermont, where it belongs,\u201d Clark wrote in a statement to VTDigger Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an important step in our effort to hold Meta accountable,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cOur children deserve better, and my office will proudly take this case to trial to protect Vermont\u2019s kids \u2014 the future of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta, for its part, has argued the state lacks jurisdiction for its complaint, and that the company\u2019s online contacts with the state were not made in or aimed at Vermont in particular. The company\u2019s motion to dismiss the case in superior court on those grounds was denied<\/a> on July 28, 2024, and Meta appealed that decision to the Vermont Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original suit, which the Vermont Supreme Court did not weigh in on, alleged the company “intentionally designed Instagram to be addictive to teens, that Meta did so to increase advertisement revenue despite knowing the resulting negative effects on teens, and that Meta failed to take meaningful action to mitigate these harms while both actively minimizing and withholding its relevant internal research findings to maintain teens\u2019 engagement with the application” according to Friday\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark sought a permanent injunction against the company in Vermont, prohibiting it from engaging in deceptive practices. The lawsuit also asked for $10,000 in civil penalties for each violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act, with violations defined as \u201ceach instance in which a Young Person accessed the Instagram platform in the State of Vermont.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state\u2019s 2023 complaint cited internal Meta documents in its allegation that the company studied Vermont teenagers in an effort to increase their engagement with the platform. Clark filed the lawsuit in coordination with over 40 other attorneys general who sued Meta the same day in state or federal courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are suing to hold these corporations accountable for Instagram\u2019s contribution to the mental health crisis that is gripping teens across the country,\u201d Clark said at the time it was filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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