Social media on trial: Tech giants face lawsuits over addiction, safety and mental health

A host of groundbreaking cases alleging that social media platforms have harmed teens’ safety and mental health will go to trial this year, putting CEOs like… Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg On stage to answer questions about what they did or did not do to protect children.

Unlike many previous legal challenges against social media companies, these cases were able to overcome the companies’ attempts to dismiss them based on cited objections. Article 230It is a law that protects online platforms from being held liable for the speech of their users. They accuse companies such as Meta, Snap, TikTok and Google-owned YouTube of designing their platforms in ways that, the plaintiffs allege, they knew could contribute to addiction, depression and anxiety.

Follow below for the latest updates from the trials we’re currently monitoring.