Meta, Snap head to trial in another case about social media's harms
- Jury selection is expected to begin October 28 in Los Angeles for a trial involving Meta and Snap over alleged social-media harms to young users.
- The trial combines claims from plaintiffs identified as SJ and KDB after TikTok and YouTube settled, while Meta settled with SJ but not KDB.
- SJ and KDB allege that they were exposed to addictive and problematic social-media apps as teenagers, contributing to mental and physical health problems.
- Meta and Snap deny the allegations, saying the lawsuits are baseless and misrepresent users’ experiences and how their platforms were designed.
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In a new test trial that opens in Los Angeles, Snapchat will have to defend himself before a popular jury on charges of youth addiction For the first time, the courier
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 — Jury selection is expected to begin on Wednesday in Los Angeles for another landmark trial about the alleged harms of social media on young users, with...
Meta, Snap head to trial in another case about social media's harms
Thousands of lawsuits have been filed in recent years in local, state and federal courtrooms across the country with various claims about alleged harms to children and teenagers caused by social media companies. The cases -- the first of which went to trial earlier this year in Los Angeles -- have taken twists and turns. Meta and YouTube lost the first so-called bellwether case earlier this year, when a jury found them collectively liable for h…
Snap has been escaping trials for years by settling amicably. This time, the courier will have to defend itself against jurors in Los Angeles, alongside them... The article Snapchat will finally have to answer for the addiction of young people before a jury appeared first on Le Singulier.
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