YouTube settles California lawsuit over social media harm to children

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Google's YouTube has settled a lawsuit with a minor who claimed the platform caused mental health harms, the plaintiff's lawyers said on Tuesday, ahead of a second California trial over claims that social media design has fueled a youth mental health crisis. The terms of the settlement were confidential. The case, brought by a plaintiff known as R.K.C., was selected as the second bellwether trial among more than 3,300 addiction-related lawsuits pending in California state court, with another 2,600 cases in federal court. The trial is still set to proceed in July against Meta, Snap, and TikTok. This follows a March verdict in the first trial where a jury found Google and Meta negligent and ordered Meta to pay $4.2 million and Google $1.8 million in damages.

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Spatial Computing / AR/VR▼ · 2 stocks
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Meta faces upcoming trial in July over addiction-related claims, and a prior verdict ordered Meta to pay $4.2 million in damages.

Snap Inc
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Snap faces upcoming trial in July over addiction-related claims in the same multi-district litigation.

Artificial Intelligence▼ · 1 stocks
Alphabet Inc Class C
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YouTube, owned by Alphabet, settled a lawsuit over social media harm to children, and a prior verdict found Google negligent, ordered damages.

Off-coverage companies 2

YouTube, LLCPrivate▼ Negative
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YouTube is the direct defendant that settled the lawsuit, and a prior verdict found it negligent.

ByteDancePrivate± Mixed
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ByteDance (TikTok) is mentioned as facing upcoming trial, but no specific settlement or verdict for ByteDance is detailed.

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