Overview
- TikTok reached a confidential deal hours before jury selection, following Snap’s Jan. 20 settlement, leaving Meta and YouTube to face the Los Angeles jury.
- Jury selection began Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court and is expected to take several days, with a six-to-eight-week trial to follow.
- The plaintiff, a 19-year-old identified as K.G.M., alleges features such as infinite scroll, algorithmic recommendations, autoplay and notifications fostered compulsive use and worsened depression and suicidal thoughts.
- The outcome could influence thousands of related cases and bellwether trials later this year, with potential implications for Section 230 and First Amendment defenses if design-based claims prevail.
- Executives including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are expected to testify, while the companies reject the allegations and point to parental controls, youth safety tools and other safeguards.