US appeals court allows thousands of lawsuits against social media companies over user addiction claims to proceed

Aug 10 : A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and other social media companies over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young users.The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
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