If a minor in your family was harmed by addictive social media platform design, you may qualify for compensation.
Lawsuits against major social media platforms — including Meta/Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube — allege the companies designed addictive features aimed at young users without adequate safeguards, contributing to documented mental-health harm in minors.
The litigation includes both individual/family claims and lawsuits brought by nearly 30 state attorneys general.
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The federal litigation is consolidated as MDL 3047, with over 2,800 cases pending as of July 2026. TikTok and Snap reached confidential settlements with a bellwether plaintiff in January 2026, and YouTube and TikTok settled ahead of a separate bellwether trial set for late July 2026. Meta, in contrast, remains in active litigation — a judge denied its bid to dismiss the case brought by state attorneys general, and in March 2026 a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the litigation's first trial, awarding $6 million. The next bellwether trial in the state attorneys-general track is expected around August 2026.
Yes — in March 2026, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the first trial to reach a verdict in this litigation and awarded $6 million. TikTok and Snap have also reached confidential settlements in related bellwether cases, though Meta itself has not yet settled.
MinterEllison filed a class action in Australia's Federal Court on October 9, 2026, on behalf of children and teens allegedly harmed by addictive design features and harmful content on Facebook and Instagram. The case is funded by Litigation Lending Services; Meta says it will defend itself. It adds an international front to the social media addiction litigation already underway in the U.S.
Read more →The next trial in California's coordinated social media addiction proceeding opens October 28, 2026, with two plaintiffs, S.J. and K.D.B., facing Meta, YouTube, and Snap before a single Los Angeles jury after TikTok settled and a third plaintiff dropped out.
Read more →Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl rejected Meta's motion to quash subpoenas for Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri, who are now expected to testify at the consolidated social media addiction trial against Meta, YouTube, and Snap beginning October 28, 2026.
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