By Mike Swift ( November 7, 2026, 01:03 GMT | Insight) -- A California appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that four school systems cannot pursue negligence and public nuisance claims against Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap related to addictive design in state court.Four public school systems cannot pursue negligence or public nuisance allegations against Meta Platforms, Google's YouTube, Snap and TikTok over the platforms' addictive design in the California courts, a state appeals court ruled Friday in affirming an earlier ruling by a Superior Court judge....
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