Social Media News Judge Green Lights School Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants Meta, Google, Tiktok, Snap

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

DeKalb County School District filed suit against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube/Google for damages the district has suffered due to the companies' targeting of students and schools. Read More

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

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 on the dangers and ... 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

Social media giants lose challenge to experts testifying on harm

(Bloomberg/Madlin Mekelburg) — Jurors will be allowed to hear expert testimony about the impact of social media on young users during coming trials against tech companies over alleged harm caused by ... Read More

Meta lawyers tried to block internal research showing teen harm, judge rules

A federal court ruled that Facebook parent Meta can't use attorney-client privilege to block internal documents and research related to teen harm, Bloomberg Law reported. The decision is a setback to ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Judge Permits 10 Plaintiffs’ Experts to Testify in Social Media Addiction Cases

The ruling was a big win for plaintiffs ahead of a Nov. 19 bellwether trial, the first in the nation to hold social media companies liable for a mental health crisis among America’s youth. Los Angeles ... Read More

Danville Area School District joins social media class action lawsuit

DANVILLE, Pa. — Social media is at the tips of many kids' fingers today. The Health and Human Services Department says children and adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media ... Read More