Snap reaches an agreement to settle a social media addiction lawsuit in California, a week before the start of a trial, the first of several such lawsuits
The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …
There's only one reason why Snapchat would settle on the eve of trial, and that is because what was about to become public is so damning that they were hoping the evidence they have denied for years will never see the light of day. [embedded post]
There is a tsunami of litigation against the social media companies over their harms to teens. It's a little hard to follow because there are so many suits, but a bellwether case is going to trial this month, and Snap just settled its way out of it: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/t.…