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Short Url https://arab.news/bvduj Updated 01 July 2026 July 01, 2026 00:10 TikTok settles with minor plaintiff ahead of second trial over child harm: law firm Lawsuit brought by a 15-year-old boy known as R.K.C., who said he started using social media when he was about eight Updated 01 July 2026 Reuters July 01, 2026 00:10 CHICAGO: TikTok has settled a lawsuit brought by a minor who claimed the platform damaged his mental health, a spokesperson for a law firm representing the plaintiff ‌said Tuesday. The settlement ‌was reached in ​principle ‌but ⁠the ​details have ⁠not yet been finalized, according to a spokesperson for Morgan & Morgan, which is representing the plaintiff. The agreement comes ahead of what is expected ⁠to be the second trial in ‌California ‌state court over social ​media’s role in ‌the youth mental health ‌crisis. The lawsuit, brought by a 15-year-old boy known as R.K.C., named four defendants — Google’s YouTube, Meta’s Instagram, Snap ‌Inc’s Snapchat and ByteDance’s TikTok. YouTube settled in June, ⁠while⁠Instagram and Snapchat remain scheduled for trial in July. R.K.C., who is from Florida, said he started using social media when he was about eight, according to court filings. He became addicted to it, losing sleep and suffering

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Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, left, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on Snapchat, during a Social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) By  KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond — June 23, 2020 — was the worst of each of their lives. Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day. Their kids lived a thousand miles apart and never met, but they both died from harms related to their social media use. When the two mothers met, early in their advocacy work to protect other kids, Bride said she had felt “totally alone.” But they have since seen the online child safety movement blossom, with scores of other parents who lost kids pursuing stronger social media safeguards and legislation to protect children online. With that momentum, advocates say the tide seems to be turning. A pair of landmark jury verdicts this year showed a

June 28, 2026 • By Ryan Yousefi Nicholas Rojas {BSO} A Coral Springs man is accused of sexually assaulting a teen he met on Snapchat before being arrested in an undercover police sting, according to Broward County court records. According to a Pembroke Pines Police Department arrest report, Nicholas Rojas, 23, faces charges of sexual battery on a minor, two counts of traveling to meet a child after using a computer to lure a child, and causing a child to become delinquent. According to investigators, the victim told police that Rojas first contacted her several months earlier through Snapchat. She said he initially claimed to be 20 years old before later admitting he was 23. The teen told detectives she informed him she was just 14. Court records state that Rojas arranged to meet the child in March after planning for the girl to sneak out of her Pembroke Pines home in the middle of the night. Rojas allegedly traveled to meet her, then brought her back to his Coral Springs residence. The girl later told investigators that Rojas sexually assaulted her at the home despite her repeatedly telling him to stop and attempting to push him away. Authorities allege

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Government says eSafety is probing Meta, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok over possible non-compliance Reuters June 28, 2026 2 min read nstagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Reddit applications are displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken on December 9, 2025. REUTERS Australia said on Saturday it would double the maximum penalty ​it can impose on tech firms found to have failed to uphold a ground-breaking social media ban for children, ‌as evidence mounts that the ban has had little effect on teen use. The government will also strengthen the information-gathering powers of its internet regulator, the eSafety Commissioner, allowing it to compel social media companies to provide evidence of what they have done to stop under-16s from getting an account. Under the changes, the maximum penalty for ​systematic failures to uphold the ban jumps to A$99 million ($68 million) from A$49.5 million. The government reiterated that eSafety is actively investigating ​the possible non-compliance of five platforms: Meta's  Instagram and Facebook, Google's  YouTube, Snap's  Snapchat and TikTok. Australia's six-month-old ban is ⁠being closely watched by many nations seeking to emulate it due to concerns about the impact of social media on youth mental and physical ​health. Britain this month said it planned restrictions

A Palmdale man has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, including supplying fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills that caused the overdose death of a 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, the Justice Department announced Friday. A federal jury on Thursday convicted Jordan Nicholas McCormick, 31, of six felony counts: conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute LSD, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to prosecutors, McCormick participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy from at least October 2019 through September 2020. Authorities said he and his co-conspirators obtained and sold LSD, counterfeit Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine and counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Evidence at the 17-day trial showed the group used text messages and Snapchat to coordinate drug sales. According to prosecutors, McCormick sold 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, commonly known as “M30s,” to a co-conspirator on May 22, 2020. Prosecutors alleged the co-conspirator later advertised the pills on Snapchat before selling about 10 of them to a 20-year-old active-duty Marine identified in court records only as “L.M.” The

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