Social Media News Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

Social Media Addiction Claims Reach Another State High Court

Meta brought the case to Massachusetts' high court Friday to challenge a Suffolk Superior Court judge's October 2024 decision denying its bid to escape a suit alleging it misled consumers on the ... Read More

Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims

(Bloomberg/Madlin Mekelburg and Maia Spoto) — Meta Platforms Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc. must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a ... Read More

Meta’s Legal Shield Meets Pivotal Test in Teen Addiction Case

Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts justices consider whether the social media industry’s bedrock defense ... Read More

Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Massachusetts' Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Against Instagram

Prof. Jane Bambauer (Florida) and I just submitted this amicus brief in Commonwealth v. Meta, which is now pending before the Massachusetts high court (and which is reviewing this trial court order ... Read More

New York City Wants Manhattan Federal Court to Tackle Social Media ‘Addiction’

New York City Wants Manhattan Federal Court to Tackle Social Media ‘Addiction’ In a 327-page lawsuit, New York City accused the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat of ... Read More

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

Plaintiffs allege Meta hid product risks from users and authorities Meta accused of ineffective youth safety features and prioritizing growth over safety Meta opposed unsealing of internal documents ... Read More

Meta defeats antitrust lawsuit over Facebook user data

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab convinced a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out a lawsuit that accused the company of misleading users about its ... Read More

Lawsuit alleges social media giants buried their own research on teen mental health harms

Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway. Those are allegations a group of school districts is ... Read More

Zuckerberg & Other Social Media CEOs Set For Witness Stand As Meta, Google, TikTok & Snap Fail To Get Mental Health Suit Dismissed

Services to share this page. Just over a year after Mark Zuckerberg joined other tech lords at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration, the Meta CEO is going to find himself testifying in an L.A. courtroom ... Read More