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TikTok Settles High-Stakes Social Media Addiction Lawsuit on Verge of Trial

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, and Google’s YouTube are accused of helping harm the mental health of young people.
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TikTok Settles High-Stakes Social Media Addiction Lawsuit on Verge of Trial
A woman holds a phone displaying the TikTok app, in this file photo. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
1/27/2026|Updated: 1/28/2026
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TikTok settled a lawsuit late on Jan. 26 that alleged social media companies designed their platforms to addict young users, ducking the first in what is expected to be a series of civil trials.

The settlement came as jury selection in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles had been scheduled to begin on Jan. 27.

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