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TikTok moves to settle a major social media addiction case shortly before trial.
It follows Snap in reaching an agreement to resolve the first of several cases slated to go to trial this year about social media’s alleged harm to users, an attorney for the 19-year-old plaintiff confirmed. That leaves Meta and YouTube as defendants in the case going to jury selection today.
2026 is the year of social media’s legal reckoning
Lauren Feiner
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