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US COURT ALLOWS THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS AGAINST TECH FIRMS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION

1 min read • 2 hrs ago • News - South China Morning Post • [src]
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News - South China Morning PostUS COURT ALLOWS THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS AGAINST TECH FIRMS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION2 hrs ago
Google NewsUS COURT RULES META, OTHER TECH FIRMS MUST FACE THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION - REUTERS53 mins ago
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, WorlUS APPEALS COURT SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION LAWSUITS CAN PROCEED34 mins ago

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A US appeal court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta ⁠Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok, and other ⁠social media companies over claims they designed their products to… The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face some 2,400 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a US appeal court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta ⁠Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok, and other ⁠social media companies over claims they designed their products to…

The report adds: The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face some 2,400 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court.

The companies, which also include Snap Inc’s Snapchat,...

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