New York Attorney General Letitia James has added new allegations to a child safety lawsuit against TikTok Inc., accusing the platform of running secret experiments on teen users.
Meta Platforms Inc. and state attorneys general have discussed a possible mid-trial settlement of a blockbuster case accusing the company of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict teens, people familiar with the matter said.
Two US senators have sent a letter to TikTok executives demanding answers about an experiment the company ran that withheld a safety feature from millions of users, including a teenager who died by suicide. The senators, co-sponsors of an online child safety bill, called TikTok’s decision to conduct the test “depraved.”
Meta Platforms Inc. won’t have to face a second trial over claims that social media platforms are addictive to minors because the plaintiff is dismissing the case, according to his lawyers.
Snap Inc. said it has reached a tentative agreement to settle the second case set for trial over claims that the world’s largest social media platforms are addictive to minors, leaving only Meta Platforms Inc. to face a jury starting next week in Los Angeles.
TikTok is finalizing a settlement related to a lawsuit claiming that the world’s largest social media platforms are addictive to minors, according to people familiar with the matter, avoiding a jury trial scheduled for July in Los Angeles.
A child holds a tablet displaying the TikTok logo.
Matthew Bergman pitched UK officials to protect kids from social media harms
Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, during a news conference announcing a ban on young teenagers using social media, at Downing Street in London, UK, on Monday, June 15, 2026. The UK Prime Minister is expected to confirm a ban on under-16s using major social media platforms, as well as other measures including curfews on older teenagers and tough regulations on chatbots. Photographer: Jaimi Joy/Bloomberg
The world’s biggest social media platforms agreed to pay about $27 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources.
Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. Major social media platforms blocked 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia in December as the country's landmark social media ban for under-16s took effect. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
The world’s biggest social media platforms agreed to pay about $27 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a rural Kentucky school district that alleged their products are addictive and helped create a teen mental health crisis that drained school resources.
Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. Major social media platforms blocked 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia in December as the country's landmark social media ban for under-16s took effect. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
Meta Platforms Inc. reached an agreement to settle a landmark lawsuit alleging that addiction to Instagram and other top social media platforms upended learning across America and pushed US public schools to spend enormous resources fighting a mental health crisis.
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