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fromFortune
1 week ago

20-year-old claiming social media addiction in landmark trial says she was on it 'all day long' as a child. Meta brings up abusive environment | Fortune

A 20-year-old testifies that early social media use on YouTube and Instagram created addiction and worsened her depression and suicidal thoughts, with the case serving as a bellwether trial affecting thousands of similar lawsuits against Meta and YouTube.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial

Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer tough questions on Wednesday from attorneys representing a now 20-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, who claims her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts. Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube are the two remaining defendants in the case, which TikTok and Snap have settled.
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fromThe Hill
1 month ago

TikTok settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of trial

TikTok settled a lawsuit alleging it helped design addictive platforms, leaving Meta and YouTube as the remaining defendants in the bellwether trial.
Law
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Massive legal siege' against social media companies looms

Consolidated lawsuits allege Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube were intentionally designed to addict minors, causing widespread youth mental-health harms and seeking multibillion-dollar remedies.
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