The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for ...

Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse ...

Landmark trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington. This year, the ...

Meta and YouTube are in court this week over allegations that their social media platforms can be addictive and harmful to children, while TikTok on Tuesday chose to settle the closely watched case.

The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability. By Cecilia Kang ...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies. TikTok is ...

TikTok has reached a confidential settlement to exit a landmark trial billed as the first of thousands of related cases claiming top social media platforms knowingly engineered their products to be ...

KGM, a 19-year-old from the United States, claims her addiction to Meta, Google and ByteDance platforms at an early age left her with suicidal thoughts and depression. Two of the world's biggest tech ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jury selection was set to begin in L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday in a lawsuit that alleges social media ...

Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young people For the first time, a huge group of parents, teens and school districts is taking on the world’s ...

TikTok has agreed to settle a social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial started, the plaintiff's attorney says. TikTok is one of four social media giants facing allegations that their ...