TikTok settling three teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial

NEW YORK, Aug 3 : TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits brought by young people who accuse social media companies of designing their platforms to be addictive and harming their mental health, a plaintiffs' lawyer said Monday.The terms of the settlements are confidential and subject to the finalization of written s

The Social Media Victims Law Center accused the companies of creating addictive and dangerous platforms.

The suit lands as Meta reports $2.4 billion in quarterly legal costs and a rare 14% profit decline. Pressure is mounting.

Australia has defended its world-first ban on ‌social media for under-16s after a study found there had been little drop in use months after the ban took effect.

Wandsworth Labour accused the local Conservative Party of breaching pre-election period (PEP) rules

Australia defends teen social media ban after study shows most still online  Reuters

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as "years of escalating harms" from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths.

The four teens who died by suicide each experienced harms including social media addiction, severe sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation after years of using the social platforms, the complaint states.

The Social Media Victims Law Center is bringing the suit on behalf of the families, and its founding attorney, Matthew Bergman, said it’s “particularly salient” that the children in this case died “long after” similar suits had been filed.

Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount  AP News

The parents of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube

The parents of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube

More than eight in 10 teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban for under-16s, the country’s internet regulator has found.

More than eight in 10 teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban for under-16s, the country’s internet regulator has found.

More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers are still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban.

As countries around the world look to follow Australia’s lead in restricting young people’s access to social media, a new report by the eSafety Commissioner might give them reason to pause, at least temporarily. Australia’s online watchdog found more than 80% of kids were still using an age-restricted platform, such a

NurPhoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images A French student was fined the equivalent of $465 after pleading guilty in Singapore to a public nuisance charge for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and return

A new survey finds most teens use social media moderately, though class divides persist.

As Labour enjoy a ‘Burnham bounce’, post by Green leader that appeared to welcome violence against Nigel Farage has left some supporters bemused It is just coincidence that a very public mishap by Zack Polanski arrived at the same time as new polls showed Labour in the lead. But it did neatly illustrate the point that

Australia's world-first law barring accounts for under-16s took effect last December, drawing criticism from social media companies, mostly based in the United States.