US EditionSo addictive that it leads to trial: Social media takes the stand
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TikTok has reached a settlement in a lawsuit related to social media addiction, narrowly avoiding a trial. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, and the conclusion came just a week after Snap (owner of the Snapchat app) reached a similar settlement in the same case, The New York Times reports. The trial is now expected to continue in Los Angeles, and the only remaining defendants are Meta (Facebook/Instagram) and YouTube.
So addictive that it leads to trial: Social media takes the stand
Several trials are marking a social and legal milestone in U.S. history. For the first time, a judge has put the major tech companies that own social media platforms on the bench to determine whether they create addiction among young people, whether they are as dangerous as the tobacco industry, and whether they require far more comprehensive regulation.Seguir leyendo
In California, an unprecedented lawsuit involves the main social networks used by young people. Companies that operate Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat are suspected of deliberately rendering their addictive platforms to maximum benefit, to the detriment of the mental health of users.
TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial
(New York Times) – 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. TikTok reached an agreement late Monday to settle a lawsuit over claims that social media companies had engineered their products to hook young users, avoiding the first in a series of landmark trials. The trial, which is scheduled to begin in the Ca…
TikTok has reached an agreement to get out of this first trial "test", while thousands of complainants claim that the platforms are deliberately designed to harm children. TikTok has entered into a confidential agreement to withdraw from a historic trial in Los Angeles, presented as the first of thousands of similar cases [...] This article TikTok avoids the trial on addiction to social networks appeared first on Rolling Stone.
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