US court rules Meta, tech firms must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction
A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms , Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and other social media companies over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young users. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than…
A U.S. appeals court has allowed lawsuits to proceed against major social media companies, including Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap Inc's Snapchat. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the defendants' attempt to overturn a lower court ruling that forced them to face over 3,000 lawsuits.
The companies were accused of designing their products to be addictive to young users. The defendants argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 shields them from claims and bars lawsuits alleging they failed to warn the public about the addictive nature of their platforms. However, the appeals court concluded that the appeal was made too early in the litigation.
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