Meta settles with teen during trial testing claims social media caused depression, eating disorders

Facebook and Instagram icons are seen displayed on an iPhone. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta Platforms has settled with a teen plaintiff who accused the company of designing Instagram and Facebook to be addictive, causing her mental health problems and disordered eating, attorneys for the plaintiff said ⁠on Friday. The settlement came after jury selection began on Wednesday for a trial that was slated to test the claims of ​two teens, identified as S.J. and ​K.D.B., against Meta and Snapchat ​parent Snap Inc . Meta had settled with S.J. days before the trial, so Friday’s settlement with K.D.B. means the trial is expected to proceed against Snap only. “We remain committed to improving safety for kids on social media apps ⁠and ‌holding tech companies accountable, and we are pleased to have brought ⁠this matter to a just resolution on behalf of our client,” Emily Jeffcott, an attorney for K.D.B., said in a statement. The trial is the second in Los Angeles state court over claims brought by young people who say they became addicted to social media ‌after Meta, Snap, TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube designed their platforms to encourage compulsive use. S.J. and K.D.B. had previously settled
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