The lawsuit, brought by teenagers from Illinois and Mississippi, targeted features such as infinite scroll for fostering anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. Before reaching an agreement with Snap during jury selection, both plaintiffs had already resolved related claims against Meta, TikTok, and YouTube. In a related March verdict, a Los Angeles jury awarded $6 million to a young woman after determining that Meta and YouTube acted negligently.
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Social media companies continue to face thousands of lawsuits brought by individuals, sch…: Social media companies continue to face thousands of lawsuits brought by individuals, school districts, and municipalities over youth mental health.
Tech platforms maintain that their applications are safe environments for self-expression…: Tech platforms maintain that their applications are safe environments for self-expression and deny allegations of designing addictive products.
Major legal risks persist across the tech sector following an earlier six-million-dollar…: Major legal risks persist across the tech sector following an earlier six-million-dollar jury verdict and massive state-level settlements.
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Nov 2 : Snapchat parent Snap Inc has reached a settlement during a trial over claims brought by two teenagers who say the company designed the platform to be addictive, causing their depression, anxiety and eating disorders, attorneys for the plaintiffs said on Monday.
Jury selection began last week for the trial, the second in Los Angeles state court over claims brought by young people who say they became addicted to social media after Snap, Meta Platforms, TikTok and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube designed their platforms to encourage compulsive use.
The plaintiffs had previously settled with Meta, TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube.
A Snap spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"Our ultimate goal is to hold these social media companies accountable for how their actions have impacted millions of children across the country, and these settlements allow us to keep building toward that goal," John Morgan and Emily Jeffcott, attorneys representing K.D.B. at trial, said in a statement.
The trial was set to be the first for Snap in the sweeping litigation over social media's impact on teens,…
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