Snap Reaches Settlement In Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Trial (cbsnews.com) 5
Snap has settled a lawsuit brought by two teenagers who alleged Snapchat was deliberately designed to be addictive and contributed to their mental health problems, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to begin this week. Snap was the last defendant to settle after Meta, Alphabet and TikTok resolved claims in the same case. CBS News reports: The teenage plaintiffs, identified in court documents as S.J. and K.D.B., had alleged in the suit that Snapchat was designed to be addictive and that using the platform from a young age contributed to their mental health issues. "We are glad to reach resolution for our clients," Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm and lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said in a statement to CBS News. "We believe this jury would have found the companies' conduct reprehensible."
Snap was the last social media company named in the lawsuit to settle the case, which was set for opening arguments this week. Meta resolved claims last week, while Alphabet and TikTok, the other defendants, each also resolved the allegations. Terms of the Snap settlement were undisclosed [...]. Earlier this year, a jury found Meta and Google-owned YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit, awarding $6 million in damages to a young woman who alleged the platforms' addictive features harmed her mental health. In August, Meta also agreed to pay up to $18 billion in settlements and introduce new child-safety measures to resolve claims from dozens of U.S. states that it deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children while misleading the public about their risks.
Snap was the last social media company named in the lawsuit to settle the case, which was set for opening arguments this week. Meta resolved claims last week, while Alphabet and TikTok, the other defendants, each also resolved the allegations. Terms of the Snap settlement were undisclosed [...]. Earlier this year, a jury found Meta and Google-owned YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit, awarding $6 million in damages to a young woman who alleged the platforms' addictive features harmed her mental health. In August, Meta also agreed to pay up to $18 billion in settlements and introduce new child-safety measures to resolve claims from dozens of U.S. states that it deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children while misleading the public about their risks.
Supreme Court Issue (Score:2)
It seems to me that this would have been a supreme (...) issue to be handled by the supreme court.
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Pretty weak FP thread but the general lack of response shows that the Slashdot editor was right to dismiss the idea of a "constructive" AskSlashdot submission for "educational" computer software...
Of course Snap was smart to avoid a potentially binding judicial ruling. But if the Supreme Court is relevant, I think we should start by fixing the Court, and I even have a twisted solution approach in the form of a simple procedural rule:
"A nonpartisan Justice may compel two junior partisan Justices to recuse themselves."
It addresses the root of the problem by making nonpartisan Justices much mo
Cigarettes (Score:1)
Here are the tobacco CEOs testifying under oath that their products are not addictive. https://www.c-span.org/clip/pu... [c-span.org]
Personal responsibility nowhere to be seen (Score:2)
Apparently not looking at Snap was too difficult. The company physically held these people down and forced them to look at their stuff.