{"id":24066,"date":"2026-07-23T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/us-teen-drops-meta-lawsuit-on-social-media-addiction-days-before-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:37:18","slug":"us-teen-drops-meta-lawsuit-on-social-media-addiction-days-before-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/us-teen-drops-meta-lawsuit-on-social-media-addiction-days-before-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"US teen drops Meta lawsuit on social media addiction days before trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Withdrawn case marks a victory for the social media giant after earlier landmark loss at trial over addictive claims<\/p>\n

A Florida<\/a> teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta<\/a>\u2019s platforms were to blame \u2060for his depression \u2060and anxiety \u200bdropped his case against the company just days before the trial in Los Angeles<\/a> was \u2060set to start, his attorneys said on Wednesday. It was the latest in a massive series of high-stakes lawsuits against social media companies for allegedly designing addictive products that lead to the harm of children.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit, brought by a 15-year-old boy known as \u2060RKC, originally named four defendants, Google\u2019s YouTube, Meta\u2019s Instagram, Snap Inc\u2019s \u200bSnapchat and ByteDance\u2019s TikTok<\/a>. <\/strong>YouTube and TikTok \u200csettled in June <\/strong>and <\/strong>Snap reached a tentative settlement in the case, Bloomberg \u200creported<\/a> on Monday. The terms of those settlements were confidential.<\/p>\n

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\nWithdrawn case marks a victory for the social media giant after earlier landmark loss at trial over addictive claims
\nA Florida teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta\u2019s platforms were to blame \u2060for his depression \u2060and anxiety \u200bdropped his case against the company just days before the trial in Los Angeles was \u2060set to start, his attorneys said on Wednesday. It was the latest in a massive series of high-stakes lawsuits against social media companies for allegedly designing addictive products that lead to the harm of children.
\nThe lawsuit, brought by a 15-year-old boy known as \u2060RKC, originally named four defendants, Google\u2019s YouTube, Meta\u2019s Instagram, Snap Inc\u2019s \u200bSnapchat and ByteDance\u2019s TikTok. YouTube and TikTok \u200csettled in June and Snap reached a tentative settlement in the case, Bloomberg \u200creported on Monday. The terms of those settlements were confidential. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Withdrawn case marks a victory for the social media giant after earlier landmark loss at trial over addictive claims A Florida teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta\u2019s platforms were to blame \u2060for his depression \u2060and anxiety \u200bdropped his case against the company just days before the trial in Los Angeles was \u2060set to start, his attorneys …<\/p>\n

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