Meta Platforms is urging a federal judge to reject what it called a legally unsupported damages theory advanced by a coalition of state attorneys general, arguing their request for more than $1 trillion in penalties and the return of profits bears no relationship to the claims headed to trial, Deadline reported.

In a filing submitted Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Meta argued the states’ proposed monetary remedies are disconnected from the specific consumer protection and children’s privacy claims that remain in the case.

“The AGs have not linked their claimed remedies to their alleged violations,” Meta wrote, arguing the states instead seek “over one trillion dollars in penalties and disgorgement” by counting every teen who used Facebook or Instagram and every month a teen spent more than 30 minutes on the platforms.

The company contends those calculations “double count” users and rely on features that the court previously ruled are protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

The filing is part of lawsuits brought by California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey accusing Meta of misleading users about the safety and addictiveness of its platforms, employing unfair platform features, and violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

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