A New Jersey teen is dropping the next social media addiction case against Meta, YouTube, and Snap.
It would have been the next bellwether in the group of cases tried in a Los Angeles state court. In the first, Meta and YouTube were ordered to pay $6 million total. After settling with TikTok, the teen’s lawyer told The New York Times, she wanted to “resume her life.” [Link: New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/technology/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dropped.html | The New York Times]
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It would have been the next bellwether in the group of cases tried in a Los Angeles state court. In the first , Meta and YouTube were ordered to pay $6 million total . After settling with TikTok, the teen’s lawyer told The New York Times , she wanted to “resume her life.”
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