Overview
- TikTok reached a confidential agreement just before jury selection, after Snap settled last week, leaving Meta and YouTube as the remaining defendants.
- Juror questioning began in Los Angeles County Superior Court, and the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.
- The plaintiff, identified as K.G.M., alleges features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, algorithmic recommendations and notifications fostered addiction and worsened depression and suicidal thoughts.
- Meta and Google dispute causation, point to safety tools and parental controls, and are expected to invoke legal protections including Section 230.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify, and jurors are likely to see excerpts from internal company documents during the proceedings.