Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

Less than a week before Meta's lawyers were set to return to a Los Angeles courtroom, the plaintiff accusing the platform of inflicting harm dropped the case. Brought by 15-year-old Florida plaintiff going by initials R. K. C.

, the case was set to be the second in a set of bellwether trials meant to test legal arguments that social media giants allegedly broke the law by creating features that hooked and harmed teens. TikTok, Snap, and YouTube previously settled claims brought by R. K. C. for undisclosed amounts.