U.S. teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
The plaintiff said she wanted to move on, and the companies said she received no payment as two October bellwether trials remain.
- On Thursday, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified as P. M-Y. dropped her lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Google, Snap Inc, and YouTube, which had alleged the platforms contributed to her depression and social media addiction.
- Consolidated in Los Angeles among more than 3,300 personal injury cases, the lawsuit served as a 'bellwether' test case scheduled for trial in October to help attorneys assess the potential value of remaining claims.
- Attorney Emily Jeffcott said the plaintiff dismissed claims to 'resume her life' and 'push for changes to protect young people,' while Meta claimed the plaintiff had a pre-existing mental health condition.
- Meta currently faces two separate trials over claims its platforms are addictive to children: one involving 29 states in federal court in Oakland, California, and another ongoing in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Previous individual trials resulted in $4.2 million in verdicts against Meta and $1.8 million against Google; while TikTok and Snap settled earlier cases, these ongoing legal battles continue testing how juries view platform-harm allegations.
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Teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trial
A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, according to a court filing. The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as P. M-Y., had alleged the platforms’ owners — Meta Platforms, Google an…
Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Claims Against Meta, Google, Snap, Ahead of October Trial
A 15-year-old New Jersey girl whose lawsuit served as a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of designing platforms to addict young users dropped her remaining claims Thursday against Meta Platforms, Google, and Snap Inc. The plaintiff, identified in California court records only as P. M-Y., had alleged the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat contributed to her social media addiction, depression, and self-harm…
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Teen Drops Lawsuit Against Social Media Companies Over Alleged Addiction and Mental Health Harm
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New Jersey teen drops claims against Meta, Google, and Snap weeks before trial
A 15-year-old from New Jersey has dropped her case against Meta, Google, and Snap seven weeks before it was due to be heard in Los Angeles. Her lawyer said she wanted to get on with her life. The case was one of three bellwethers set for trial in October in California state court, chosen to […] This story continues at The Next Web
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