TikTok has reached a confidential settlement in a case where the platform was accused of fostering addiction among minor users. This allowed the company to avoid a jury trial that was set to begin in July in Los Angeles. Bloomberg reports this, citing sources, writes UNN.
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According to the agency, the settlement amount is not disclosed. At the same time, Meta Platforms and Snap remain defendants in the case, while YouTube, owned by Google, also reached a settlement with the plaintiff in early June.
Bloomberg notes that TikTok and other major social platforms are defendants in over 3,000 individual lawsuits from users or their families. The plaintiffs claim that the services' algorithms cause addiction and harm the mental health of minors.
The first such trial concluded in April. At that time, the jury found Meta and Google responsible for the mental health problems of a 20-year-old woman and awarded her a total of $6 million in compensation.
As Bloomberg reports, TikTok was also a defendant in this case, but reached a settlement before the trial began. The company has not yet commented on the new settlement.
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