Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial
A teenager has dropped a lawsuit against Meta regarding social media addiction, marking a legal victory for the company as it avoids a scheduled trial. While other tech giants previously settled similar claims, this case highlights the ongoing legal battles surrounding the impact of social media on youth.
Less than a week before Meta’s lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R.K.C., the case was set to be the second in a set of bellwether trials meant to test legal arguments that social media giants allegedly broke the law by creating features that hooked and harmed teens.
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