As globe-spanning megacorps go, Meta is making the rest of them look like amateurs.

On Friday, a brief filed as part of an unprecedented lawsuit against four social media giants was made available to the public. Though TikTok, Google, and Snapchat are also implicated, the allegations against Meta are by far the most detailed, containing some of the most damaging charges ever levied at a social media company.

The filing lists over 1,800 plaintiffs, ranging from parents to school boards and state attorneys general who all alleged that Meta has engaged in a “broad pattern of deceit” to hide serious harms the company knowingly unleashed on underaged users.

There are seven key allegations, each more heinous than the last. In short, the brief alleges that Meta intentionally designed youth saf

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