( October 19, 2026, 18:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube, and the Charleston County School District stipulated that the defendant social media companies agreed to not offer evidence during an approaching trial early next year relating to specific incidents of alleged sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or grooming involving Charleston employees or students, while Charleston will not pursue claims against the defendant companies related to their allegedly deficient mechanisms for reporting CSAM, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct. The two sides also agreed that they will not make any argument at trial about "the size or makeup of any law firm involved in these cases."See attached document....
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