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ByteDance, Meta, Snap face lengthy legal battle in Canada over addictive design

By Mike Swift ( April 11, 2025, 23:24 GMT | Comment) -- Snap, ByteDance and Meta Platforms face an extended legal battle with Canadian school systems over claims their social media platforms were negligently designed to be addictive, something the schools say harmed education and students. With an Ontario judge recently denying their motion to strike the schools' negligence claims, the three defendants have filed a request for leave to appeal the ruling, MLex has learned.Snap, ByteDance and Meta Platforms face a lengthy court battle with some of the largest school systems in Canada on claims that the firms negligently designed their social media platforms to be addictive, harming education systems in the process....

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