After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case

Snap is the latest big tech company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and young ...
Law

Calif. Judge Greenlights Bellwether Trial, Rejecting Social Media’s Defenses to Addiction Claims

A Jan. 27 trial features claims by three individuals – identified as Heaven Moore, K.G.M. and R.K.C. – who allege they became addicted to social media. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and ...
The New York Times

Bellwether Lawsuit Against Meta Over Social Media Addiction Is Dropped

For Meta, the move was a reprieve after it and YouTube were found liable in another case in March of negligence and personal injury for their platforms’ addictive features. By Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang ...