A federal appeals court refused to dismiss thousands of lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat, allowing complaints alleging the platforms were designed to be addictive to young users to move forward.The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Meta and TikTok attempting to overturn a lower court ruling requiring the firms to face more than 3,000 lawsuits filed in federal court, ruling the companies appealed too early.The social media companies claimed that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 — which generally shields online platforms from being l...
Meta, other companies must face thousands of lawsuits over child social media addiction, appeals court rules
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Aug 12, 2026 • 3 weeks ago
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