Overview

• Moige and a Turin law firm filed the action in Milan’s business court, describing it as a first-of-its-kind collective injunction targeting Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
• The filing asks the court to enforce a ban on under‑14 access through robust age verification, remove addictive design features such as infinite scroll and algorithmic manipulation, and mandate clear public risk information.
• Coverage cites conflicting dates for the first hearing, with reports of either February 12, 2026 or February 26, 2026.
• Plaintiffs cite an EU rule that forbids under‑14 registrations and rely on Italy’s collective protection procedure (article 840‑sexiesdecies) to seek an order halting alleged harmful practices.
• The case follows about two years of work by lawyers and scientific experts, who point to studies linking heavy social use in youth to anxiety, depression, sleep loss and broader mental‑health harms; the group also claims roughly 90 million Italian accounts with about 3 million tied to very young users.