Meta settles social media case brought by rural Kentucky school district
4 hours ago
- #Legal Settlements
- #Children's Mental Health
- #Social Media Addiction
- Meta settled a lawsuit, serving as a bellwether case among 1,200 similar ones, brought by a Kentucky school district over social media addiction harming children's mental health.
- The settlement, with undisclosed terms, follows earlier settlements with TikTok, Snap, and Google's YouTube, and aims to support a mental health program.
- This follows recent court losses for Meta and YouTube in California and New Mexico, where juries found them liable for addictive features and harms to children.