U.S. teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
The plaintiff said she wanted to move on, and the companies said she received no payment as two October bellwether trials remain.
- On Thursday, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified as P. M-Y. dropped her lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Google, Snap Inc, and YouTube, which had alleged the platforms contributed to her depression and social media addiction.
- Consolidated in Los Angeles among more than 3,300 personal injury cases, the lawsuit served as a 'bellwether' test case scheduled for trial in October to help attorneys assess the potential value of remaining claims.
- Attorney Emily Jeffcott said the plaintiff dismissed claims to 'resume her life' and 'push for changes to protect young people,' while Meta claimed the plaintiff had a pre-existing mental health condition.
- Meta currently faces two separate trials over claims its platforms are addictive to children: one involving 29 states in federal court in Oakland, California, and another ongoing in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Previous individual trials resulted in $4.2 million in verdicts against Meta and $1.8 million against Google; while TikTok and Snap settled earlier cases, these ongoing legal battles continue testing how juries view platform-harm allegations.
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New Jersey teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap weeks before trial
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