TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit With Florida Teen
The settlement removes TikTok and YouTube from a high-profile trial, narrowing the defendants to Meta and Snap as the legal battle over platform design and youth mental health continues.
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TikTok is finalizing a settlement with a 15-year-old Florida boy who sued over mental health harms from social media addiction. The settlement follows YouTube's earlier agreement and leaves Meta and Snap to face trial alone. Over 10,000 individual lawsuits and 800 school-district cases are pending nationwide.
TikTok is in the final stages of settling a social media addiction lawsuit brought by a 15-year-old Florida boy identified as RKC, who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder after using social media since age eight. The settlement follows YouTube's agreement in June 2026 and leaves Meta and Snap as the remaining defendants heading to trial. Plaintiff's attorney Emily Jeffcott said she plans to call witnesses who testified in an earlier trial where Meta and Google were found liable and ordered to pay $6 million. Judge Carolyn Kuhl, who presided over that case, will also oversee this one.
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