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Instagram Chief Rejects Clinical-Addiction Claim in LA Bellwether Trial

The bellwether case tests design-based liability theories with implications for roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits.

Opening Statements Begin in Los Angeles Trial Alleging Instagram, YouTube Engineered Child Addiction

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TikTok and Snap Settle Youth-Addiction Suit as LA Bellwether Moves Forward Against Meta and YouTube

South Korea Weighs Youth Social Media Limits After Australia’s Under‑16 Ban