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fromTheWrap
3 days agoTikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Days Before Trial, but Instagram and YouTube Remain in the Hot Seat
TikTok has agreed to settle a social media addiction lawsuit just days before trial, while Instagram and YouTube are still on the hook for the landmark legal action that accuses the tech giants of deliberately designing their platforms to exploit and harm children. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but plaintiffs attorneys told The Associated Press that an agreement had been reached on Tuesday, just as jury selection was getting underway in Los Angeles.
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fromSan Diego Union-Tribune
3 days agoTikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
The social video platform was one of three companies - along with Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube - facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children. A fourth company named in the lawsuit, Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., settled the case last week for an undisclosed sum. At the core of the case is a 19-year-old identified only by the initials "KGM," whose case could determine how thousands of other, similar lawsuits against social media companies will play out.
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Law
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days agoIs social media harmful for kids? Meta and YouTube face trial after TikTok settles suit
Social media companies face product-liability lawsuits alleging platforms were designed to addict children, prompting major settlements and a bellwether trial linked to thousands of similar cases.
fromEngadget
3 days agoTikTok settles to avoid major social media addiction lawsuit
TikTok has reached a settlement in a closely-watched lawsuit over social media addiction, narrowly avoiding a trial that's scheduled to begin jury selection Tuesday. Terms of the deal, which was reported by The New York Times, weren't disclosed. TikTok's settlement comes about one week after Snap reached a settlement in the same case. The trial is expected to move forward in Los Angeles with Meta and YouTube as the only defendants.
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fromFast Company
3 months agoHeineken knows people like beer better than AI
When AI wearable company Friend blanketed New York City with ads last month, there was significant backlash. Many of the company's ads (which included rage-baiting copy like, "I'll never bail on our dinner plans") ended up defaced with graffiti that called the product "AI trash," "surveillance capitalism," and a tool to "profit off of loneliness."
Marketing
Mental health
fromFast Company
4 months agoAre you a night owl? New Gen Z study ties staying up late to 'problematic' smartphone and social media use
Gen Z night owls show higher rates of problematic smartphone and social media use, driven primarily by loneliness and anxiety, with associated mental-health problems.
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