Meta settles major school-district case as social-media lawsuits mount
TL;DR
Meta settled its Breathitt County School District case, part of a wave of settlements by YouTube, Snap, and TikTok over social-media harms to youths; terms were not disclosed. The dispute was set to be the first bellwether trial in the federal MDL, with around 1,200 districts still involved and upcoming July proceedings in Los Angeles and a January federal bellwether.
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