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Social media firms, Ky. schools clash over evidence ahead of US social media trial

By Maria Dinzeo ( March 5, 2026, 00:27 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok are asking a US judge to narrow the evidence a jury will hear in a bellwether trial over youth social media use, seeking to bar testimony that students were “addicted” to their platforms and exclude second-hand accounts of alleged harms.  A Kentucky school district suing the companies, meanwhile, is moving to limit references to prior lawsuits over opioids and Juul e-cigarettes, and restrict certain defense expert testimony.Ahead of a bellwether trial over youth social media use, Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok are asking a federal judge to bar testimony describing students as being “addicted” to their platforms, and to exclude second-hand accounts of alleged harms to kids....

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