Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Individual CaseState of Tennessee ex rel. Jonathan Skrmetti v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Current Status
- Settled for $751,922,691.13 — under the settlement agreement, $516.7M guaranteed in ten annual installments, $222.7M contingent on Snap, TikTok and YouTube adopting comparable teen limits, and $12.5M for Cambridge Analytica claims. - Ended 8/26/2026, weeks into trial: Chancellor Russell T. Perkins entered the consent judgment, dismissed the jury and adjourned the court.
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Timeline (14)
— Complaint filed — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedThe State of Tennessee files a redacted civil enforcement complaint.
— Order on Motion to Dismiss (denied) — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins denies Meta's motion to dismiss, allowing the State's consumer-protection claims to proceed.
— Order granting 1st interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins grants Meta permission to seek an interlocutory appeal on Section 230, First Amendment and personal jurisdiction questions.
— Amended Complaint filed — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedThe State files a redacted amended complaint.
— Court of Appeals denies 1st interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedTennessee Court of Appeals denies Meta's Rule 9 application, so the appeal from the June 2024 order does not proceed.
— Order on Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins rules on Meta's motion to dismiss the amended complaint. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Order granting 2nd interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins again grants Meta permission to seek interlocutory review, this time including a First Amendment argument under Moody v. NetChoice.
— Court of Appeals denies 2nd interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedTennessee Court of Appeals denies permission to appeal.
— Order granting 3rd interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins denies Meta's motion to revise a discovery and privilege order but certifies that order for interlocutory appeal.
— Court of Appeals denies 3rd interlocutory appeal — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedTennessee Court of Appeals denies Meta's application for permission to appeal.
— Order on motions for summary judgment — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins resolves both sides' summary judgment motions, denying Meta's in part; Meta later moves for partial reconsideration on Count 1.
— Voir dire — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedJury selection begins before Chancellor Perkins in Nashville.
— Opening arguments — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedOpening arguments begin in Nashville.
— Final Consent Judgment entered — Tennessee v. Meta
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Source type not recordedChancellor Perkins enters the Final Consent Judgment, dismisses the jury and ends the trial; Tennessee's share of the multistate settlement is $751,922,691.13, the largest recovery the State has obtained from a technology company.