Meta Settles 4th Bellwether Addiction Suit as $6 Million Jury Loss Looms
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Meta Settles 4th Bellwether Addiction Suit as $6 Million Jury Loss Looms
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Summary
An 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff set to face Meta at trial next week in Los Angeles settled her social media addiction case, removing the company from the fourth of nine bellwether lawsuits.
The deal lets Meta avoid another courtroom test after a March jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a similar case and awarded a young California woman $6 million.
YouTube and TikTok also settled with the same plaintiff, identified as K.D.B., leaving Snap as the only company still expected to defend itself in court.
The bellwether cases were drawn from thousands of lawsuits and are testing whether features such as infinite scroll and algorithmic feeds can support personal-injury claims against social media platforms.