Social Media News Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

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

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

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

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids - Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta d ... 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. Read More

DeKalb County schools' lawsuit against social media giants moves forward as companies seek dismissal

The DeKalb County School District is one of several school systems nationwide suing major social media companies over what it calls an "unprecedented mental health crisis" among students - a crisis it ... Read More

Lawsuit: New York is accusing Meta and Alphabet of spurring a youth mental health crisis

The Big Apple is taking on the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, accusing them of “public nuisance” and spurring a youth mental health crisis in the city. In a ... Read More

Meta Buried ‘Causal’ Evidence of Social Media Harm, U.S. Court Filings Allege

“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,” (unhappy face emoji), an unnamed staff researcher allegedly wrote. Another staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings ... Read More

Social media companies face another lawsuit over effect on youth mental health

Several major social media platforms are being sued by New York City in the latest fight against tech giants over how their products influence the nation’s youth. The city sued the parent companies of ... Read More