TikTok is finalizing a settlement in a lawsuit alleging that major social media platforms are addictive to minors, avoiding a jury trial set for July in Los Angeles, according to Bloomberg. The settlement amount is confidential, and Meta and Snap remain defendants in that July trial, while Google's YouTube settled with the plaintiff, known as R.K.C., earlier this month. The platforms face more than 3,000 individual complaints alleging their products are addictive and harmful, and the first case to go to trial in April ended with a jury finding Meta and Google liable and awarding a woman $6M in damages. TikTok, also named in that first suit, settled with the plaintiff before trial then too.
