American court allows addiction-related lawsuits against major social media platforms to proceed

A U.S. federal court has ruled that Meta, Apple, TikTok, and other technology companies must defend themselves against thousands of lawsuits alleging their social media platforms addict users—particularly minors. The decision rejected the companies' arguments for immunity, allowing the cases to move forward. The litigation centers on whether the platforms deliberately designed features to be psychologically addictive and failed to warn users of potential harms.