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Meta and Snap face major US legal test of youth social media addiction claims

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them ⁠to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday in the latest test of claims raised in thousands of US lawsuits over social media's ⁠impact on young people.

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Meta和Snap在美国面临青少年社交媒体成瘾指控方面的重大法律考验。

FILE PHOTO: Meta logo and a keyboard in this illustration taken October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Two teenage plaintiffs who say social media caused them ⁠to develop serious mental health problems will take Meta Platforms and Snap to trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday in the latest test of claims raised in thousands of US lawsuits over social media's ⁠impact on young people.

The case is only the second to go to trial involving individual plaintiffs who allege that social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive. Social media companies ‌lost the first such trial to the tune of $6 million in damages in March.

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