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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...