Meta will avoid trial in a second lawsuit accusing it of intentionally addicting and harming a teen. The plaintiff dropped the case on Wednesday, days before trial was set to begin.

A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta, leaving none of the major tech companies facing trial in the case.

Meta has skirted another jury over claims its platforms are facilitating a youth mental health crisis. The company was set to go to trial in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles next week, but the 15-year-old plaintiff, referred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teens and parents have increasingly claimed ill-effects of social media use. [Reuters] A Florida teenager who sued Meta claiming that he was addicted to and harmed by his use of ...

A 15-year-old from Florida who accused Meta of creating addictive and harmful social media features dropped his bellwether lawsuit against the company Wednesday, in a reprieve for the internet giant in its legal battles against teenagers, school districts ...