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Meta, Snap, TikTok, Google get addictive algorithm claims trimmed in US

( February 28, 2025, 20:14 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A federal judge in California, in issuing the fifth and final in a series of orders on motions to dismiss claims over the addictive design of the social media sites of Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok and Google, has trimmed but not eliminated negligence claims against the companies. Meta won dismissal of claims that it violated two criminal child sex abuse material statutes by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, but while the judge narrowed negligence claims against the companies, she ruled that "Plaintiffs’ claim of general negligence survives."See attached document....

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