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Landmark legal case against Meta shifts focus to platform design and infrastructure

France 24 · Fortune · Al Jazeera · first seen 19.08.2026 · updated 20.08.2026

Legal experts highlight that the ongoing trial against Meta marks a shift from content moderation to challenging core infrastructure features like recommendation systems and attention-maximizing design.

  • Legal focus in the Meta lawsuit is moving from user-generated content to platform design and infrastructure
  • Features such as infinite scroll and recommendation algorithms are now central to the legal challenge

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