SAN FRANCISCO - TikTok settled a lawsuit with a teenager just weeks before the company was set to go to trial in a second landmark case over whether social media companies are responsible for the harms their products might cause. The 15-year-old Florida teenager, identified only by his initials R.K»»»

May 15 : Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation seeking to force social media platforms to cover the costs school districts incur to combat a youth mental health crisis they say the companies fueled. The settlements were detailed i»»»

A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube in California ended with a jury finding the social media companies liable for designing their platforms to be addictive without concerns for young users' well-being. The plaintiff was initially awarded $3 million (€2.6 million) in damages, 70% of which was »»»

By Diana Novak Jones March 25 - - Recent jury verdicts in California and New Mexico involving Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google are sharpening scrutiny of social media companies as plaintiffs advance legal theories aimed at holding platforms liable for harm to children. Here's a look at how the »»»

A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube in California ended with a jury finding the social media companies liable over addictive design. The plaintiff was awarded $3 million (€2.6 million) in damages. The amount is likely to grow, however, as the jurors found the companies acted with malice. They»»»

LOS ANGELES: A landmark social media addiction trial resumed with a YouTube executive insisting that the Google-owned company’s aim was to give people value, not hook them on harmful binge-viewing. YouTube vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow was pressed to defend the company’s self-styled»»»