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IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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Case Number:

4:22-md-03047

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Personal Inj. Prod. Liability

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation, Class Action

Judge:

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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  1. March 04, 2026

    Meta Seeks Bench Trial, Not Jury, In Mental Health MDL

    Facebook and Instagram's parent company has had a change of heart when it comes to facing a jury on claims they caused underage users to become addicted to their platforms, resulting in emotional harm, telling the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation that they would now prefer a bench trial.

  2. February 26, 2026

    Judge Scolds 'Impenetrable' TikTok In NY AG's Addiction Suit

    A New York state judge Thursday chided TikTok's attorneys for failing to search for financial and corporate records in the state's social media child addiction lawsuit, appearing poised to force TikTok companies to hand over more business data to calculate potential damages or disgorgement.

  3. February 18, 2026

    Social Media Cos. Can't Nix Experts In Schools' Health Trial

    The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation claiming social media harms kids' mental health denied bids by Meta, TikTok, Google and SnapChat to block six experts' testimony on the alleged disruption and costs to school districts from a June bellwether trial over a Kentucky school district's claims.

  4. February 11, 2026

    'The Shoe Is On The Other Foot': Judge Needles Meta In MDL

    A California federal judge presiding over social media addiction multidistrict litigation Wednesday criticized Meta's bid to push newly filed arbitration demands into court, saying she doesn't have jurisdiction over those claims and noting "big companies" are always insisting on arbitration, but "when they don't like the fact that they're arbitrating, they complain about it."

  5. February 10, 2026

    Social Media Cos. Must Face School In 1st Addiction MDL Trial

    A California federal judge denied social media companies' bid for a summary judgment win on a bellwether school district's allegations it was forced to spend its limited resources on combating students' purported social media addictions, teeing up the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation for June 15.

  6. February 05, 2026

    Meta Must Redo User Engagement Data In Mental Health MDL

    A California federal judge overseeing discovery in litigation against social media giants over their effect on youth mental health ordered Meta to provide plaintiffs with updated data on the amount of time users spend on Instagram and Facebook, after state attorneys general argued Meta had skewed the times downward.

  7. January 27, 2026

    Meet The Fed. Judge Overseeing Social Media Addiction MDL

    U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is presiding over a historic case against social media platforms, is known as a well-prepared jurist with a long track record in high-stakes litigation involving tech giants like Apple Inc.

  8. January 27, 2026

    TikTok Cuts Deal As 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial Begins

    TikTok reached an eleventh-hour settlement late Monday in the first bellwether trial over claims that social media harms young users' mental health, cutting the deal days after Snap settled and leaving Meta and YouTube as the sole defendants as jury selection began Tuesday.

  9. January 26, 2026

    Social Media Cos. Fight Uphill To End Schools' Addiction MDL

    A California federal judge appeared skeptical Monday about dismissing school districts' claims that social media companies harmed them by getting their students addicted to their platforms, telling defense counsel that the case poses "classic" factual disputes for a jury, and setting the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation for June 15.

  10. January 14, 2026

    No Crime-Fraud Exception For Meta Docs In Discovery Row

    A California federal judge overseeing discovery in litigation against social media giants over their platforms' alleged harm to youth mental health has said the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege doesn't apply to certain Meta documents about its internal research on young users.