Meta and Snap Face Another High-Stakes Trial Over Alleged Harm to Young Users

Fuente: International Business Times

The plaintiffs, identified in court papers as a 16-year-old from Illinois and an 18-year-old from Mississippi, say features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling drove excessive use. Getty Images Meta and Snap are facing another major legal test Wednesday as jury selection begins in Los Angeles in a trial over claims that their platforms encouraged compulsive use and contributed to serious mental health problems in two teenagers. The case is the second involving individual plaintiffs who allege that social media companies deliberately designed addictive products.