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TikTok reaches last-minute settlement as US social media addiction trials begin

By Maria Dinzeo ( January 27, 2026, 19:07 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms and Google are set to face a jury alone in the first of a series of social media personal injury trials, after TikTok struck a last-minute settlement with a California plaintiff just as jury selection was set to begin in Los Angeles.TikTok has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming that it designed its product to maximize engagement and spur compulsive use among kids, just as jury selection kicks off in the first of a series of personal injury trials involving the world’s biggest social media companies....

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