Lawyer for Meta says states claim there are unfair practicespublished at 19:33 BST
19:33 BST
Schmidt says the case being made against Meta is about three things.
Firstly, the states bringing the case say there are unfair practices – specifically 32 Meta features.
The second refers to alleged misstatements made by the company, including some 50 over the
course of a few years, and the third is the claim made by the states about child privacy.
He says the attorneys general must prove that Meta knew there were features
aimed at kids but didn’t remove them.
The case is not about “hook, harvest, harm,” he says, referring to the earlier allegations made by the Californian
lawyer.
The states suing Meta are not bringing people affected as witnesses, he says.
“They are not going to bring people from their states to say ‘I suffered harm or I was deceived,'” Schmidt says.