Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims

See more of our coverage in your search results. Snapchat’s parent company Snap, Inc. has settled with two teens who alleged the app made them depressed and gave them eating disorders, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said Monday. With the terms of the deal kept private, it was not clear how much Snap agreed to pay. And while Meta recently set up new restrictions as part of a recent settlement of its own in a separate case, recent safeguards established by Snap were unrelated to the outcome announced Monday. The Snap case marked the second trial in state court in Los Angeles brought by youths who said social media companies maliciously got them addicted. The trial was set to be the first for Snap in the sweeping litigation over social media’s impact on teens. Chief Executive Evan Spiegel had been expected to testify. Getty Images for Snap, Inc. The plaintiffs in the Snap case settled with Meta, TikTok and Alphabet-owned YouTube prior to the deal announced Monday. “Our ultimate goal is to hold these social media companies accountable for how their actions have impacted millions of children across the country, and these settlements allow us to keep building toward that goal,” said
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