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• Excessive Social Media Use Leads to Greater Loneliness Among College Students: Study

  February 25, 2026

  Martha Garcia

  A new study links excessive social media consumption to an increased risk of feeling lonely, particularly among college students.

• Social Media Addiction MDL Trials Set To Begin June 15 and Aug. 6, 2026

  February 19, 2026

  Irvin Jackson

  The first two federal social media addiction lawsuit trials will begin this summer involving claims that platforms like Facebook, TikTok and SnapChat intentionally designed their sites to cause addictive, compulsive behavior in children to maximize engagement.

• TikTok Settles Lawsuit Over Social Media Addiction on Eve of Trial

  January 28, 2026

  Irvin Jackson

  TikTok has reached an undisclosed social media addiction lawsuit settlement agreement shortly before the first bellwether trial begins in Los Angeles Superior Court in California.

• Snapchat Settlement Reached in Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

  January 26, 2026

  Irvin Jackson

  Snap Inc. has reportedly reached a settlement agreement that removes it as a defendant from the first social media addiction lawsuit trial, which begins in California state court in several days.

• Roblox Face Verification Rolled Out To Detect Users’ Ages and Prevent Child Sexploitation

  January 13, 2026

  Irvin Jackson

  Roblox Corporation has rolled out a global facial scan system that it hopes will be able to identify the age of users to prevent sexual predators from chatting with young children.

• States Seek To Combine Meta Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Claims Into Single Trial

  December 30, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A group of attorneys general have requested that nearly 30 state lawsuits against Meta over claims it caused youth social media addiction be unified into one consolidated complaint.

• Lawsuit Alleges TikTok Causes Mental Health Problems for Young Users

  December 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The state of Hawaii has filed a youth social media addiction lawsuit against ByteDance, alleging that TikTok is contributing to mental health harms among Hawaii’s children.

• Reducing Social Media Use Can Improve Teen Mental Health: Study

  December 3, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that taking week-long breaks from social media can improve teen mental health and lessen their reliance on the platforms.

• Roblox Launches New Age-Check System Amid Child Exploitation Lawsuits

  November 19, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A new age-check verification system for Roblox users will prevent chat between children and strange adults in an effort to address child sexual exploitation concerns.

• First Federal Social Media Addiction Trial To Be Held in Oakland, California

  November 5, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A judge has scheduled the first federal social media addiction lawsuit trial to be held in Oakland, California sometime next summer.