In San Francisco, a federal appeals court has opened the door to thousands of lawsuits against the architects of the modern attention economy, ruling that Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat must answer in court for allegedly engineering addiction into the platforms used by an entire generation of young people. The decision strips away a procedural shield the companies had long relied upon, forcing a reckoning with a question that has quietly haunted the digital age: when a corporation knowingly designs a product to capture and hold the minds of children, who bears responsibility for the harm t
Appeals court clears path for thousands of addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok
Thousands of young users report depression, anxiety, and body-image issues linked to social media platform design; lawsuits allege intentional addiction targeting minors contributed to broader youth mental health crisis.