LINCOLN- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson has joined a bipartisan group of attorneys general investigating Instagram over efforts to market the social media app to children and young adults.

The probe comes amid ongoing fallout for Instagram and its parent company, Meta Platforms, after a whistleblower leaked documents to news outlets and provided high-profile testimony to Congress. Meta was previously known as Facebook before rebranding in October.

According to a news release from Peterson’s office, the attorneys general are working to determine if the company violated state consumer protection laws and put the public at risk.

The group intends to investigate Meta’s techniques for increasing young users’ engagement on Instagram, and the resulting harms.

In addition to Nebraska, the investigation includes attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont.

Meta has repeatedly denied the characterizations stemming from whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist who leaked the documents.

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