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Social media addiction lawsuit against Meta is dropped
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- The social media addiction lawsuit against Meta has been dropped by the plaintiff, leaving no active defendants after prior settlements with Snap, TikTok, and YouTube.
- The case involved a Florida teenager suing major social media companies for creating addictive platforms, with potential implications for app design features like infinite scroll and notifications.
- Meta highlighted that the plaintiff dropped the case without receiving any payment and emphasized its commitment to defending against what it called baseless lawsuits.
- The decision follows Meta’s recent courtroom losses in similar cases, including a $375 million penalty in New Mexico for misleading consumers about platform safety.
- Meta had planned to argue that the plaintiff’s social media use was minimal and that accounts were created after legal counsel was involved.
