Florida AG’s Bid to Sue Meta on Home Turf Faces Skeptical Judge

A federal judge overseeing a case from dozens of state attorneys general alleging Meta Platforms Inc. addicts children and violates privacy law appeared skeptical that Florida could keep its lawsuit on it’s home turf.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers at a Friday hearing in Oakland, California scrutinized the Florida attorney general’s argument that the suit should remain in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida because Meta Payments Inc., the social media giant’s payment process, is incorporated in the state.

Florida’s lawsuit was filed in that court last fall, the same day that a multi-state coalition of over ...