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TikTok settles youth addiction suit
Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff's attorneys confirmed.
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - On the eve of trial, TikTok has settled a lawsuit filed against it and three other social media platforms by a 19-year-old Northern California woman who alleges the online forums are addictive and harmful to teens and children, an attorney said today.
The social video platform was one of three companies facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children, along with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube.
WASHINGTON >> 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.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed.The social
TikTok has reached a settlement in a closely-watched lawsuit over social media addiction, avoiding a trial that's scheduled to begin jury selection Tuesday
TikTok agreed early Tuesday morning to settle with a plaintiff the same day a landmark trial against major social media companies began in Los Angeles.
TikTok, just taken over U.S. buyers, decided to bite the bullet and settle with plaintiffs who claim social media is made to be deliberately addictive and often dangerous to young minds.
