US EditionSnap Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Trial
Snap settled a lawsuit claiming addictive features caused teen mental health issues, joining thousands of plaintiffs seeking platform design changes and damages.
- On Tuesday, Snapchat's parent Snap settled a social media addiction lawsuit announced at a California Superior Court hearing in Los Angeles, with lawyers declining to disclose terms.
- The plaintiff, K.G.M., alleges Snap's platform features like infinite scroll, auto-play, and algorithmic recommendations caused addiction and harmed her mental health.
- Plaintiffs will present internal records that indicate thousands of pages of internal documents show top executives acknowledged teen mental-health concerns and Snap employees flagged risks to young users.
- With jury selection set for January 27, Snap’s settlement removes Evan Spiegel from immediate testimony while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify and the trial continues against three defendants.
- The closely watched cases could challenge Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and First Amendment defenses, with legal experts predicting multibillion-dollar settlements and Big Tobacco parallels.
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San Francisco, United States. Snapchat reached an agreement to end lawsuits for which he was to appear at the end of January alongside Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, in the first of several trials in the United States on the impact of social media on mental health.Although he is still being sued in other cases, Snap Inc., the American company of the smiling ghost app, said Wednesday in a statement sent to the AFP that “he is pleased to have been…
Next week, a jury trial is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles in what has been termed an "indicator" procedure because its outcome could set the tone for a wave of similar litigation across the country.
Snap settles landmark lawsuit over claims its app harmed teen mental health
A California lawsuit accused Snap of designing Snapchat to encourage compulsive use among teenagers, contributing to mental health harms over years of engagement. The case involves a teen identified as K.G.M., whose lawyers argued that Snap engineered features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic recommendations to maximize time on...Read Entire Article
Snap Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial
Snap, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat has reached a settlement agreement in a major social media addiction lawsuit, avoiding what would have been the first trial testing claims that tech platforms deliberately designed products to addict young users. The post Snap Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial appeared first on Breitbart.
Snapchat reached an agreement to close the lawsuits that were to have him appear at the end of January alongside Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, in the first of a series of trials in the United States on the impact of social networks on mental health.
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