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Meta, Google, ByteDance, Snap face pivotal trials over their grip on youth

By Xu Yuan ( October 9, 2025, 23:17 GMT | Comment) -- A series of trials involving allegations against the world’s biggest social media companies — Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google, and Snap — will take place in California beginning 2026 in federal and state courts that will test the proposition that social media is the tobacco of our age. The trials could have a significant impact on the whole industry if the companies are found to have fueled a mental health crisis among children and teenagers that has led to emotional distress, anxiety and even suicides.A series of trials involving the world’s biggest social media companies will take place in federal and state courts in 2026 that will test the proposition that social media is the tobacco of our age....

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