US Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Against Meta, Google, and Snap
A New Jersey teenager has dropped her bellwether social media addiction lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap just ahead of its scheduled October trial. The lawsuit had alleged that the companies' platforms were designed to be addictive and caused harm to young users.
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New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.
By Eli Tan
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The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as PM-Y, had alleged the platforms' owners -- Meta Platforms, Google, and Snap Inc -- contributed to her social media addiction, depression, and self-harm.
Read full article →U.S. teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, had alleged that tech giants contributed to her social media addiction, depression and self-harm.
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Read full article →US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, drops her claims without any payment. TikTok, which was also a defendant in her case, had previously settled her claims.
By Reuters
Read full article →Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Claims Against Meta, Google, & Snap, Ahead Of October Trial
Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Claims Against Meta, Google, & Snap, Ahead Of October Trial Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A 15-year-old New Jersey girl whose lawsuit served as a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of designing platforms to addict young users dropped her remaining claims Thursday against Meta Platforms, Google, and Snap Inc. The plaintiff, identified in California court records only as P. M-Y., had alleged the owners of...
By Tyler Durden
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A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, according to a court filing.
By Abubakar Ibrahim
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