April 08, 2026
A five-judge appellate panel Wednesday voiced doubts about TikTok's bid to dismiss the New York attorney general's claims that the social media platform is an addictive product that targets and harms children, pushing back on the company's free speech defense.
March 18, 2026
A California federal judge indicated Wednesday that Meta and Snap's CEOs will likely need to testify in an upcoming school district bellwether trial in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation, and declined Meta's bid to block arbitration demands, saying, "Meta's got plenty of money, go file a motion with the arbitration panel."
March 12, 2026
School district plaintiffs and attorneys general have told a California federal judge they plan to seek sanctions against Meta Platforms Inc. in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation for the tech giant's "extremely belated production" of over 73,841 documents downgraded off privilege logs, months after fact discovery closed.
March 04, 2026
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.
February 26, 2026
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.
February 18, 2026
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.
February 11, 2026
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."
February 10, 2026
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.
February 05, 2026
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.
January 27, 2026
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.