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META
Meta ·
32 big moves · 7 videos · since May 2026
From the desk · Aug 18, 2026
META fell 4.4 percent today, and the reason is sitting in a California courtroom. Opening arguments kicked off in a major federal trial where states allege Meta knowingly exploited minors on its platforms — Instagram and Facebook specifically. That's a serious charge. The legal exposure here is meaningful: multi-state attorney general suits tend to move slowly, but when they land, they land hard — think tobacco settlement energy, not a slap-on-the-wrist fine. That's how litigation risk works for a stock: the market doesn't wait for a verdict. It discounts the probability of a bad outcome immediately, which is why you see a 4-plus percent move on day one of opening arguments. Watch for early witness testimony and any preliminary rulings — those will set the tone for how much further the market reprices this.
Every move of 1.5% or more
2026-08-18 · SeekingAlpha
-4.4% — Wall Street Lunch: Meta Faces High-Stakes Federal Trial Over Child Safety ▶ we covered it
T+1 +0.4%T+5 — pendingT+20 — pending
2026-08-17 · Benzinga
-3.5% — Meta Sheds Billions as $1.4 Trillion Trial Opens ▶ we covered it
T+1 -4.4%T+5 — pendingT+20 — pending
2026-08-13 · Yahoo
+2.8% — Meta Stock Rises While 756,000 Teen Accounts Come Down
T+1 -0.9%T+5 -8.3%T+20 — pending
2026-08-12 · Benzinga
-3.4% — What's Going On with the Drop in Meta Stock? ▶ we covered it
T+1 +2.8%T+5 -5.7%T+20 — pending
2026-08-03 · Yahoo
+6.0% — Meta Platforms Stock Plunges On Earnings; This Bearish Options Trade Could Earn $470
T+1 -0.4%T+5 +0.8%T+20 — pending
2026-07-31 · Yahoo
+3.3% — Meta Stock Rebounds as Amazon Revives AI Confidence
T+1 +6.0%T+5 +6.4%T+20 — pending
2026-07-30 · Yahoo
-8.0% — Meta's capex guidance isn't cutting it for investors. Stock drops.
T+1 +3.3%T+5 +9.4%T+20 — pending
2026-07-24 · no single source
-1.8% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.2%T+5 -6.5%T+20 -7.6%
2026-07-23 · Yahoo
-3.4% — Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates
T+1 -1.8%T+5 -11.1%T+20 -9.9%
2026-07-22 · Yahoo
-2.6% — Meta Platforms (META): ‘Dead Money’ or Best Cheap AI Stock? – Retail Investors Debate
T+1 -3.4%T+5 -6.6%T+20 -12.9%
2026-07-17 · Yahoo
-2.8% — Meta in talks to rent some of its billions in AI infrastructure to Anthropic
T+1 -0.0%T+5 -7.9%T+20 -8.7%
2026-07-16 · Yahoo
-2.5% — Meta's stock buybacks: How the company's AI spending could affect shareholder returns
T+1 -2.8%T+5 -8.8%T+20 -10.5%
2026-07-15 · Yahoo
+3.1% — What Meta, Google, and BlackRock get for training electricians
T+1 -2.5%T+5 -7.9%T+20 -15.0%
2026-07-13 · Yahoo
-1.9% — Meta's data center costs are skyrocketing. Here's what you need to know.
T+1 +0.7%T+5 -1.7%T+20 -9.4%
2026-07-10 · Yahoo
+6.0% — Has Meta ever had a stock split? What sets this ‘Mag 7’ stock apart
T+1 -1.9%T+5 -3.5%T+20 -11.5%
2026-07-09 · Yahoo
+4.7% — Meta launches paid Muse Spark 1.1 API to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic
T+1 +6.0%T+5 +5.2%T+20 -6.6%
2026-07-08 · Yahoo
-2.0% — Meta to build C$13 billion Alberta data center, its first in Canada
T+1 +4.7%T+5 +13.0%T+20 -2.4%
2026-07-06 · Yahoo
+3.0% — Why Retail Traders Couldn’t Take Their Eyes Off These Stocks Last Week: META, MU, BABA, TSLA, RKLB ▶ we covered it
T+1 +2.5%T+5 +9.4%T+20 -1.7%
2026-07-02 · Yahoo
-4.9% — Exclusive-Zuckerberg says AI agent development going slower than expected ▶ we covered it
T+1 +3.0%T+5 +14.8%T+20 -4.5%
2026-07-01 · Yahoo
+8.8% — Stock Market Today, July 1: CoreWeave Stock Tumbles as Meta Cloud Report Raises Customer Concerns ▶ we covered it
T+1 -4.9%T+5 +3.0%T+20 -12.1%
2026-06-29 · Yahoo
+2.2% — Down About 29%, Is Meta Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
T+1 +0.1%T+5 +9.4%T+20 +5.5%
2026-06-25 · Yahoo
-2.7% — META Stock Drops For Fourth Session: Meta Recruits Cybersecurity Experts To Fortify AI Agents
T+1 +1.4%T+5 +7.4%T+20 +9.6%
2026-06-22 · no single source
-2.3% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.3%T+5 -0.2%T+20 +14.2%
2026-06-18 · no single source
+1.7% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -2.3%T+5 -4.7%T+20 +11.9%
2026-06-17 · no single source
-5.4% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.7%T+5 -4.4%T+20 +13.8%
2026-06-15 · no single source
+4.7% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +1.1%T+5 -5.3%T+20 +14.8%
2026-06-10 · no single source
-2.3% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.4%T+5 -0.6%T+20 +17.2%
2026-06-05 · no single source
-5.5% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -1.3%T+5 -4.4%T+20 +3.8%
2026-06-03 · no single source
+4.2% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 +0.7%T+5 -8.3%T+20 -6.4%
2026-06-01 · no single source
-5.1% — Moved with the tape — no single reported reason that day.
T+1 -0.5%T+5 -2.5%T+20 -6.2%
2026-05-27 · Yahoo
+3.7% — Meta launches paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp
T+1 +0.0%T+5 -1.9%T+20 -14.5%
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