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29%
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Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims
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Teens → settle → claims
Published Nov. 2, 2026, 1:16 p.m. ET
Snapchat parent Snap has reached a settlement during a trial over claims brought by two teenagers who say the company designed the platform to be addictive, causing their depression, anxiety and eating disorders, attorneys for the plaintiffs said on Monday.
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attorneys → publish → Monday
A Snap spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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spokesperson → respond → comment
“Our ultimate goal is to hold these social media companies accountable for how their actions have impacted millions of children across the country, and these settlements allow us to keep building toward that goal,” John Morgan and Emily Jeffcott, attorneys representing K.D.B. at trial, said in a statement.
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Morgan → hold → statement
The trial was set to be the first for Snap in the sweeping litigation over social media’s impact on teens, after the company settled the other cases that had been scheduled for trial.
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that → set → trial
The company’s Chief Executive Evan Spiegel had been expected to testify.
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Executive → expect → ?
Plaintiffs S.J., a 16-year-old girl from Illinois, and K.D.B., an 18-year-old from Mississippi, say they began using YouTube as early as age 3 and the other platforms around age 9, developing compulsive habits they blame on features such as autoplay and infinite scroll.
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they → say → autoplay
The companies have rejected claims their platforms were designed to addict young people, and say they have taken action to make the apps safe places for young people to express themselves.
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people → reject → themselves
Social media companies face thousands of lawsuits in federal and state courts by individuals, school districts, municipalities and other government entities alleging the companies knowingly sought to addict children to their platforms, contributing to a youth mental health crisis involving anxiety, depression and suicide.
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companies → face → anxiety
In the first case to go to trial, which ended in March, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube had been negligent and awarded a young woman $6 million in damages.
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Meta → go → damages
The next two teens whose cases were selected for trials either settled or dropped their claims against the companies.
The first school district chosen for trial settled with all of the companies.
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district → select → companies
In August, Meta struck settlements worth up to $18 billion with nearly every state and US territory to resolve lawsuits brought by attorneys general over the platforms’ harm to teens.
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Meta → strike → teens
As part of those deals, the company agreed to make changes to how Instagram and Facebook work for teens.
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Instagram → agree → teens
The deal conditioned $5 billion of the payout on the states reaching similar settlements with Snap, TikTok and YouTube.
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states → condition → Snap
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