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U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected efforts by major social media companies, including Alphabet, Meta Platforms, ByteDance and Snap, to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing and then addicting millions of children to their platforms. Read more.
The decision covers hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of individual children who allegedly suffered negative physical, mental and emotional health effects from social media use including anxiety, depression, and occasionally suicide.
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