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Meta Platforms announced 3,600 layoffs across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook teams, even as the company reported spending $11.7 billion on stock buybacks. CEO Zuckerberg described AI infrastructure investment as requiring layoffs to fund, suggesting more cuts may follow.

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google liable for harming children's mental health through addictive platform design, ordering the companies to pay $3 million in damages in the first case to hold social media companies accountable for platform design choices.